Mythology
Mythology plays an important role in Victory City. The goddess which inhabits Pampa, influences her, and speaks through her, is based in mythology. She is, in fact, a mythological goddess with tremendous, unimaginable power. Of course, most mythology is fantastical. And Victory City is a story based in mythology and fantasy. And mythology and fantasy allow many of the things in the novel to occur—including the goddess influencing Pampa and the creation of the city of Bisnaga.
Equal rights
Perhaps the most significant theme in Victory City is equal rights. In the novel, the goddess instructs Pampa to work hard so that men and women have the same rights, responsibilities, and opportunities in Bisnaga. Even though it takes Pampa a while to make that happen, she is finally able to ensure that women in Bisnaga have equal rights. They are treated equally to men and are given many of the same responsibilities and opportunities as men. In a male-driven, patriarchal society and country, this is incredibly rare, but welcomed by all of the women in the society regardless.
Power
Power and its relationship to people plays an important role in the novel. Human beings naturally want power. Most people, however, are never able to achieve power, but spend most of their life seeking it out. Pampa and the goddess never want power. Instead, they want to ensure that all of the women in a patriarchal society are equal to men. Pampa and the goddess, in other words, are good people not obsessed with power. There are some in the city that lust for power, however. They are cruel and mean and particularly awful people, something which their quest for power caused.
