The speaker most likely repeats the phrase "to live" to show
Read the excerpt from "To Live."
learning how to live
without a textbook
without a teacher to
correct grammar
to live to learn myself
to live to know myself
to live to be somebody
who's learned how
to live
how much she wants to figure out who she is in life.
how confusing and challenging the events in her life
are.
how school is preparing her for life in a larger world.
how much she understands the world around her.