What are the motifs in Geek Love by Katherine Dunn?

Pride is a recurring idea in the story. There are different layers of pride throughout the book. Arty, for example, has a lot of pride in himself, but it twists and becomes malicious. He uses his pride to destroy his family. He wants to control and own everything and everyone. His pride is only satiated when everyone is under his command. It is his pride that ultimately destroys the family. He makes decisions without their consent, including the surgery to physically separate his twin sisters. His pride and belief in his superior intellect dooms him and his family, taking the rest of the Fabulon with i