What are the motifs in Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende?

In each culture the class difference is an issue. In Chile there is a hierarchy between the European immigrants, the landed aristocracy of Chile, and the newly wealthy who capitalized on floods and landslides to find gold in their native land. In China there is an even starker distinction between classes. The emperor and the Chinese aristocracy mandate that most of what is produced by the working classes be turned over to them. The peasants are forced to work harder for less all the time.