Grace Freeman’s Reviews > The Age of Innocence > Status Update

I am currently on page 29 of The Age of Innocence. So far, I really like it but I found it a little confusing at times. One symbol is the opera which represents the strict rules and expectations of New York Society. "It was annoying that the box which was thus attracting the undivided attention of masculine New York" (Wharton 5). Often at the opera, everyone watches each other and people attend to find a match.