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Pigs in Heaven Study Guide

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by Barbara Kingsolver
About 73 pages (21,824 words)
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Pigs in Heaven Study Guide consists of approx. 73 pages of summaries and analysis on Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver. Browse the literature study guide below:

  Introduction

  Author Biography

  Plot Summary

  Chapter Summaries & Analysis

Alice is sixty-one and has been married to Harland for two years; however, she is preparing to leave him because he is extremely uncommunicative. "His idea of marriage is to spray WD-40 on anything that squeaks," she thinks. He runs a paint and body shop during the week, but watches the Home Shopping Channel on cable TV endlessly when he is home. The house they live in, which was left to Alice by her first husband, is filled with Harland's collection of antique headlights. (read more)
      Chapter 1
      Chapter 2
      Chapter 3
      Chapter 4
      Chapter 5
      Chapter 6
      Chapter 7
      Chapter 8
      Chapter 9
      Chapter 10
      Chapter 11
      Chapter 12
      Chapter 13
      Chapter 14
      Chapter 15
      Chapter 16
      Chapter 17
      Chapter 18
      Chapter 19
      Chapter 20
      Chapter 21
      Chapter 22
      Chapter 23
      Chapter 24
      Chapter 25
      Chapter 26
      Chapter 27
      Chapter 28
      Chapter 29
      Chapter 30
      Chapter 31
      Chapter 32
      Chapter 33

  Characters

  Themes

  Style

  Historical Context

  Critical Overview

  Criticism

      Critical Essay #1
      Critical Essay #2
      Critical Essay #3
      Critical Essay #4
      Critical Essay #5
      Critical Essay #6

  Media Adaptations

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  What Do I Read Next?

  For Further Study

  Sources

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    Critical Review by Antonya Nelson
    SOURCE: “Heaven in Oklahoma,” in Los Angeles Times Book Review, July 4, 1993, p. 2. In the follo... more

    Critical Review by Hilma Wolitzer
    SOURCE: “Child of Two Cultures,” in Chicago Tribune Books, July 11, 1993, p. 4. In the following... more


     
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