Clarrissa is a rather odd character. She wants to much for herself by comparing herself to Meryl Streep, and wants to show everyone how much she is worth. However, she fails to see her life objectively. She enjoys her lonely, freedom, lifestyle, and likes to keep her home the place she returns to. She does love Richard, but has a deep sense of wrong about it. She does feel right loving Sally, but is hindered by men to get what she wants. In my opinion, she is just to young to really motivate herself to make the decisions she knows to be correct. She doesn’t know how to slow down, and really think about how her lifestyle is hurting her. She wants to be given the space to write, but doesn’t seem to even know how to find the right inspiration. Sally is one of those characters that she can be comfortable with, but again she uses that as an excuse to not properly take care of herself. Like Forster said, it is right to know what relationships to believe in, and she doesn’t seem to have the knowledge to even believe in a relationship with herself.