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Which theme is addressed in both excerpts?
Ignorance of reality is preferable to awareness.
Physical sensations can be just as painful as the event itself.
People can be worn down to the point of giving up.
Reality can be inexplicably cruel and unfair.

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People can be worn down to the point of giving up.

Both excerpts show characters gradually losing hope and resistance under sustained pressure or hardship, ultimately resigning themselves to their situation.