What theme is found in both escape and to live

distractions can make it difficult to know yourself.

Explanation:

This statement is the theme of both:

Life's distractions can make it difficult to know yourself.

Explanation:

Both "Escape" and "To Live" try to find reasons for the condition of life as it is and as the author has found it to be for themselves too.

They are both trying to assert the fact that the distractions one puts up for their lives make it so difficult for the person to be in tune with who they are actually.

This is the process of building a wall against oneself because we are not comfortable looking into us and finding something that is not conferrable.

answer: this is not a good thesis statement because a thesis statement is not supposed to have questions in it. a thesis states your position on your topic. a question cannot state anything because it is not a statement. a question is a great lead in to a thesis, but it can't be the thesis.

they insisted that there was not enough time to learn everything.  

explanation:

if they were going to steal the answers that is simply because they insisted that there was not enough time to learn everything.