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How do Livia and Sigurd offer complementary or contrasting perspectives on the purpose and sacrifices that come with vocation—that is, with the kinds of work one feels called to do for reasons beyond the need for money?
Why does Kingsolver choose to stage Livia and Sigurd’s reunion within a crowded student recital rather than in a private conversation? Why does Livia herself choose to stage the reunion in this way?
How does the novel apply Sigurd’s theoretical framework of labor alienation to the day-to-day physical realities of running the Bohusz dairy farm? Which aspects of a modern dairy operation would Sigurd classify as alienating? Would he be right?
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By Barbara Kingsolver
