MYRTLE

• 'daisy!daisy!daisy!' shouted Mrs Wilson. 'ill say it whenever i want to! daisy! dai-' pg39


  the epizeuxis of 'daisy' is annoying, irritating and demanding.

  myrtle disregards her LC status that places her lower than daisy
• MYRTLE: ‘I was so excited when I got into the taxi with him… you can’t live forever, you can’t live forever.’ Pg38
• 'i told that boy about the ice.' Myrtle raised her eyebrows in despair at the shiftlessness of the lower orders.' 'these people!' pg34


  'shiftlessness' suggests a snobbish attempt to differentiate herself from the 'lower orders'

  social mobility turns social climbers on their own class.
• 'throw me down and beat me you dirty little coward!' pg130


  Berating George on his social status - internalized anger at herself.

  Emasculating him