Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in American Gods, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Mythology, Belief, and Community
Change and Growth
Life, Death, Desire, and Sacrifice
Deception
Plurality and the Power of the Individual in America
The Sacredness of American Land
Summary
Analysis
Laura applies for a job on the night shift at a gas station. The attendant seems off put by Laura’s ill appearance and warns Laura that the night shift is hard because the weirdos come out. Laura promises that she can cope.
Little does the gas attendant know, Laura herself is one of the “weirdos”—she’s just better at hiding it.
Themes
