What are the motifs in Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin?

Utopia/dystopia are recurring ideas in the novel. Le Guin's use of Utopian ideology differs from most of her contemporaries in the way she starts and sustains her Utopia. Generally speaking, Utopias grow out of some cataclysmic event, such as nuclear war, social collapse, or widespread religious persecution Utopias are then sustained by the dedicated work of all citizens who are equally determined to see the Utopia succeed However, Le Guin does not create or sustain the Utopian society of the Kesh in these ways. In their society, the people do not seem to care about their origins.