Moving to a later time in Lorna's life, you learn that her priorities do not change; you see this during her first encounter as a worker. She exclaims, "You should have seen the mess!!" Going on to comment about the dust and the untidiness of the workplace. This being so important, that it changes her initial positive approach to the new job, boasting that it was "a first class start" that both her parents were pleased about. In the end, Lorna manipulatively leaks to her parents that the cups were cracked and the facilities were unclean, so that some of the responsibility of leaving the uncomfortable situation she was in could be lifted from her shoulders.
Lorna shows her materialistic side when she gains a new job at 'Low's Chemical Co.' by describing it to the reader as "a modern block...special lighting over the desks...typewriters are latest models"; which to any other person, would be an observation, rather than a selling point. When Lorna becomes friendly with the Doctor and his wife, they introduce her to someone they feel is well matched for her, 'A chemist's assistant', which again, allows us to see just how materialistic she really is. He holds some qualities that are important to Lorna, such as being a "good-looking boy" and "quite clean in appearance", but because he is an orphan, and he was "not accustomed to those little extras" that she was. That was it for her; she was to wait for someone who was in a "better position"
To read my perspective on Lorna, you would imagine that she is not a person you would like to meet. You may like to forgive her though, due to lack of maturity. She does reveal that she is seventeen; and therefore, I have empathy for the level of naivety that she presents. One of the most naive things she says throughout the story is when she visits the doctor's mother with him and his family; she is appalled at the state the cottage is in, and simply cannot believe someone would live in such circumstances. She wonders "how Jim could let his old mother live in this tumble-down cottage", when little does she know, the 'old mother' quite enjoys her cottage and will stay there for many years by choice.
Lorna's blind attitude may be something that she grows out of, but when your parents are a certain way, it is difficult not to follow suit; and naively, she has let it make decisions for her, that may have otherwise lead her onto better things. She finishes her story by saying "it would break my heart to sink so low" when talking about her relationship with Willy. I think we can all relate to her, when we are young and easily influenced, we can make decisions and judgements that we sometimes later in life, regret. Whether we (or Lorna) would like to admit it or not.