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Marjorie Harvey
Warren McIntyre is Marjorie’s longtime friend and former childhood playmate, who aims to win her affections. A 19-year-old attending Yale University, he boasts of good looks, familial wealth, fine taste, a respectable name, and the interest of most girls his age. Consequently, his opinion of himself is rather high. He seeks the popular and attractive girls, and expects his attention to be met with flirting and flattery in turn. Warren’s opinion is critical to a fault, and decidedly fickle: initially he finds Bernice dull, but later he finds her an attractive prospect after she has won some measure of popularity. Likewise, only when he pursues Bernice does Marjorie, previously uncaring, show an interest in him. However, Warren just as soon drops Bernice when her haircut ruins her looks, despite having been one of the crowd pushing her to get her hair bobbed in the first place. Together with Marjorie, Warren illustrates the emptiness of social conquest for its own sake; the attention of someone so shallow and heartless, Fitzgerald seems to suggest, is hardly a prize worth seeking.
Warren McIntyre Quotes in Bernice Bobs Her Hair
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The main function of the balcony was critical. It occasionally showed grudging admiration, but never approval, for it is well known among ladies over thirty-five that when the younger set dance in the summer-time it is with the very worst intentions in the world, and if they are not bombarded with stony eyes stray couples will dance weird barbaric interludes in the corners, and the more popular, more dangerous girls will sometimes be kissed in the parked limousines of unsuspecting dowagers.
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Warren fidgeted. Then with a sudden charitable impulse he decided to try part of his line on her. He turned and looked at her eyes.
“You’ve got an awfully kissable mouth,” he began quietly.
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Warren McIntyre Quotes in Bernice Bobs Her Hair
The Bernice Bobs Her Hair quotes below are all either spoken by Warren McIntyre or refer to Warren McIntyre . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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The main function of the balcony was critical. It occasionally showed grudging admiration, but never approval, for it is well known among ladies over thirty-five that when the younger set dance in the summer-time it is with the very worst intentions in the world, and if they are not bombarded with stony eyes stray couples will dance weird barbaric interludes in the corners, and the more popular, more dangerous girls will sometimes be kissed in the parked limousines of unsuspecting dowagers.
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Warren fidgeted. Then with a sudden charitable impulse he decided to try part of his line on her. He turned and looked at her eyes.
“You’ve got an awfully kissable mouth,” he began quietly.
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