Frances' goals in life
“I had no plans as to my future financial sustainability: I never wanted to earn money for doing anything. [...] I'd felt that my disinterest in wealth was ideologically healthy.”
This quote truly highlights Frances as a new-generation, woke advocate for financial equality. She considers herself to be an intellectual and believes this preceded anything else, including wealth and power. She is unique in that she has no clear path in where she wants to go – she only knows that involves her creative writing and that she is willing to go with wherever life leads, even if it leads to compromising situations.
Love
“The acclaim also felt like part of the performance itself, the best part, and the most pure expression of what I was trying to do, which was to make myself into this kind of person: someone worthy of praise, worthy of love.”
Here we can see Frances’ vulnerability in opening herself up to be hurt by Nick. All Frances’ has ever experienced is heartbreak – first from her father and then from Bobbi. It is clear that she craves love because she has never truly had it before.
