Irina expresses a sudden, youthful burst of optimism and a profound desire to find meaning through hard labor. She rejects her sheltered, aristocratic upbringing in favor of a life of work, seeking a sense of purpose that she believes will bring her true happiness.
IRINA: Tell me, why is it I’m so happy today? As if I were sailing, with the wide, blue sky above me, and great white birds soaring in the wind. Why is it? Why? I woke up this morning, I got up, I washed – and suddenly I felt everything in this world was clear to me – I felt I knew how life had to b
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