"With the alienated and alienating Mona, the film dirsupts the classical structure of the look and the narrative because she refuses that place culturally assigned to the woman" (Hottell 692)
While viewing this film I couldn't help but hear Janis Joplin's scratchy voice float through my conscious, "freedom's just another word for nothing else to lose, and nothing, ain't nothing if it ain't free". What sets Mona's character apart from The Girl on a Motorcycle, Rebecca, is that Mona is not on the road because of a man, or anybody for that matter. While she does engage in sexual relationships throughout the film, it never seems as though shes using her sexuality to get ahead. Mona really doesn't have anything left to lose, because she doesn't have anything to begin with. She floats from one place to another and leaves without remorse. Her sexual escapades are not romanticized as Rebecca's were, rather, Mona seemingly steps into a masculine type role and is just "getting what she wants". She is unkempt, chain smokes, swears like a sailor, washes cars, lives on a goat farm, and generally rejects society and women's role within it. I think the main point here is that Mona just does not care what others think about her. She is educated and has experience in the office, but rejects this role because she'd rather "drink champagne on the road".