Edith Wharton
Lily Bart is working for Mrs. Hatch as a secretary, but Selden warns her of the ruin that Mrs. Hatch could do to Lily. Due to the stubbornness of Selden and Lily, Lily could never allow Selden to know he was right, so she secretly moves back into town and begins working at Mme. Regina's. She learns what it is like to live in the working class. Rich girl goes broke: that would make a great editorial. After growing up despising those who were not of her standards, she becomes even poorer than most of them. I would say that is a dose of irony matched up with karma.
Rosedale returns into the picture. Rosedale is a static character throughout the story, but he is a character that grows on the reader as he grows on Lily. "She was quite sure that he would come and see her again, and almost sure that, if he did, she could bring him to the point of offering to marry her on the terms she has previously rejected" (Wharton, 240). He cares about Lily's well being and does not believe someone of her standards should be living as the dirt poor live. However, I believe that the experience will open her eyes to people of all classes, and maybe even help to bring the two classes together.
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