Society and Class Quotes in The Price of Salt, or Carol

We get a few small tastes of class differences here and there. Richard's family isn't in poverty at all, so we're not sure what his "aversion" is, and it isn't explored. But there is a significant class difference between Carol and Therese that occasionally causes tension, like when Carol offers to pay for things.

Carol, who grew up in the 1930s, doesn't rebel against conformity the way Therese does. Perhaps this is the "courage" Carol sees in Therese and begins to draw from as the novel progresses and Carol rebels herself.

Richard believes in weird lesbian magic, it seems. Although he has heard of lesbians in society, he doesn't believe they're a normal part of society, and he clearly thinks Therese has been tricked if she's now a part of the lesbian crew.