Passion In Susan Orlean's Lifelike

In Susan Orlean's "Lifelike", I would say the "main point" Orlean seemed to imply was "passion". Orlean did a wonderful job of showing the passion a taxidermist has through her experience at the 2003 World Taxidermy Championship. During her time at the conference Orlean gets to attend a dinner with three taxidermist on the opening night of the competitions, she explains how they were all married, and took their craft so serious that they weren't even easily distracted when engrossed in conversation about the line of work. "We happened to be in a restaurant with a sports theme, and there were about a hundred televisions on around the room, broadcasting dozens of different athletic events, but the men never glanced at them, and never stopped