..Please Caroline, keep the change." The phrase "keep the change" usually means someone is giving a tip to a waitress or a waiter. So in a way, it is demeaning to Caroline.
Caroline herself is going through changes; she wonders if she should quit her job, and change her livelihood. She also changes in that she is nicer to Noah, and understands Noah's family better. Noah went through a change when his mother died of breast cancer; and Noah's stepmother Rose is actually a northern woman who changes into a southern woman. And because President Kennedy was killed, the American people are going through changes. Also, the Civil Rights Movement is basically demanding big changes in the way black folks are treated in the South; many blacks can't get good jobs, go to good schools, or even vote, because of segregation and prejudice. All those changes are playing out in society while this play is showing characters with their own changes.
When Noah leaves (accidentally) leaves twenty dollars (a gift he received for Hanukkah) in his pocket, Caroline claims it as her own, as she has been instructed to do. But this causes a big problem between Noah and Caroline, two people from...
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