Joan

Through out the film we see how many characters hold the values of the 1950's, Betty Warren being one of them. Joan on the other hand holds those values but only to a certain standard. She thinks she wants to get married but isn't sure. She is very convinced she wants to go to law school at Yale and she as been accepted. She would much rather go to school rather then get married which wasn't seen as proper for time. She decides not to tell anyone she has applied or even been accepted. She is torn and her action is not one that a proper woman of the 1950's would choose they would rather be married to and unhappy pleasing their man like Betty Warren. Joan doesn't constantly conform and is very open with how much she loves her boy friend. At one point of the movie when she decides to tell Betty about her acceptance to Yale we see the true joan. She doesn't exactly want to be excited about a washer and dryer but rather about a career. When she tells Betty she doesn't exactly get the response she was looking for and you can tell in her expressions that she isn't about to just conform to being a perfect little wife like her friend.