The Price of Salt, or Carol Characters

Christmas CarolCarol is a hard person to read. One of the first physical descriptions we get is of her eyes—they are "gray, colorless, yet dominant as light or fire" (3.30). If eyes are the windo...

Champagne Wishes, Caviar DreamsWhen Richard asks Therese "Do you like caviar?" and she says, "No. I wish I did" (14.84-14.85), their exchange is reminiscent of a scandalous conversation from the 19...

Abby-Cadabra Abby, Carol's BFF, tends to pop onto the scene out of nowhere at the most inconvenient times for Therese. We say inconvenient because Abby is even more patronizing than Carol, if that'...

Dapper DannieAs far as men go, Dannie is a lot better than Richard. He's logical, well-spoken, and romantic, plus he respects Therese. He talks to her like she's an equal, not a little girl, and he...

Red Velvet in that Weird Old Woman's Style If you think your coworkers are weird, wait until you meet Mrs. Robichek. She invites her co-worker Therese over, makes her try on a red velvet dress, the...

Watching the DetectivesWe only see Mr. Carol's Husband Man a couple of times on page, and he's nice enough in person to Therese. Carol can't stand him, though. She never seems upset or regretful ab...

Second-Best Supporting ActressHere's an SAT analogy for you. Dannie:Richard::Genevieve:Carol. In other words, Genevieve and Carol are very similar. Genevieve makes rude comments about Therese's you...

On the Road AgainTherese and Carol meet a few minor characters on the road, but we don't really get to know them because our leading ladies don't stay in one place too long. They hang out with a se...