Significance of The carousel

Sally feels remorseful when Rochelle asks to see the carousel—the same carousel Johanna asked Sally to take Phoebe to earlier that day. The carousel in Martha’s Vineyard symbolizes Sally’s regret at leaving her childhood behind in her first and last act of vengeance against the Oppenheimers. The foreboding Sally experiences when thinking of the carousel creates a mood of suspense and unease in Chapter 24.