Analyzing F. Scott Fitzgerald's Mean Girls

During my last trip to the Westminster School in Atlanta, I promised the faculty that I would find examples in literature to use as a springboard for discussion topics on relational aggression, bullying and social justice. So I'd like to present my first submission in the form of F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story "Bernice Bobs Her Hair".

In sum, the plot involves Bernice, an eighteen-year-old girl who visits her charismatic and relationally aggressive cousin, Marjorie. I don't know if you've e...