In Bernice Bobs Her Hair, a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, characters are developed through various methods. For example, Marjorie; one of the two main characters, is developed through dialogue, and through the author’s precise choice of words. To demonstrate this point the author reveals Marjorie’s character to be self-centered and calculating after she embarrasses Bernice, which in turn causes her to go with a plan that was never meant to be, bobbing her hair. For example, Marjorie says, “That's only a bluff of hers. I should think you'd have realized.” to Otis, a young partygoer who likes Bernice, after Bernice and herself argue about Warren, one of Marjorie’s love interests. Marjorie did this out of pure spite, as she knew that Warren
