Last Words on Earth / American Society
no family / close family, love, immigrant stories, characters adjusting to "new" lives, search for identity, struggle / no struggle,
Last Words / Spunk
losing wives, love main conflict, Leo and Joe both angry, depressed, isolated,
Last Words / Fleur
isolation, one companion, exiles, minorities, "noticed", sufferring
Fleur and Spunk
magical, supernatural elements, power, gender,
American Society and Spunk
humiliation by powerful people, power, patriarchy,
American Society Fleur
gender, cultural conflict, money, bigotry...