Vagabond
“…life on the road for a woman does not offer the same adventure and romance as a man.� (Laderman 265)
Life on the road for Mona Bergeron wasn't as easy as the men in Easy Riders. Similar to both movies the main character(s) both ended in their death. Vagabond started the movie with the end of Mona's life, but Wyatt and Billy ended the movie in their death. Wyatt and Billy had people pay attention to them both positive and negative. For example the group of girls who gave them much attention, but the group of guys who made very rude remarks at them. While Mona did get some attention there were times where people didn't even pay any particular attention to her and some of the people regretted not speaking to her. For example the woman who did like having Mona as company as did Mona driving around, and the professor who tried to help her grow a potato field and make a life for her. In the end she left them to continue her journey on her own. She even said herself that she likes to be alone. Mona had an encountered with a hooker. The hooker asked her if she wanted to sell her body for money, but she stuck to her standards and refused to do it. As for Billy and Wyatt who had ladies that were usually there for them.
In both movies neither character(s) seem to not have a home, but it seem like the open road was a home for them. I believe in the end Mona had a more difficult journey than Wyatt and Billy did. The two men got to experience the road while on their motorcycles with much attention from people who liked them and from those who didn't like them. Mona did not have anything on her no vehicle just her backpack and some people’s encounters with her. She did find some run ins with nice people who tried to help her the best they can and some rough encounters they terrifies her ending in her death.