Social ClassClaire Standish is the most popular girl at Shermer High School; she wears diamond earrings, her dad drives a BMW, her attire is very sophisticated and was in detention for skipping class to go shopping. . In her own words, everyone looks up to her and she looks down on everyone else. Claire expresses her opinions though modesty, which positions the other characters to see her as, very stuck up and rude. She’s very immature and naïve but tries to act older and ‘cool’. She is the pretty, popular, wealthy prom queen in her high school. She is sheltered by her over productive, doting parents who pamper her in order to spite each other. Claire is painfully aware of this. Based on these things she is obviously of the Upper/ Middle class in society and her expensive possessions and clothes are the status symbols of this type of class.
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