A & P John Updike
A&P: John Updike
The setting of this story takes place during summer in a convenient store, A & P Store. The narrator Sammie, a young boy who works as a cashier in the store, seems to be bored with how his life is lining up. Sammie seems to have little enjoyment and with poor affect while working an ordinary job. Little did he know that today would be the day that would change his self from here on out. The name, “Queenie”, Updike uses for one of the girls is the symbol that gives Sammie the courage to express his greatness in the climax of the story. As three girls walk into the convenient store in only bathing suits, all attention of the male employees are geared toward them. Sammie, in particular, charged a woman twice for an item
The setting of this story takes place during summer in a convenient store, A & P Store. The narrator Sammie, a young boy who works as a cashier in the store, seems to be bored with how his life is lining up. Sammie seems to have little enjoyment and with poor affect while working an ordinary job. Little did he know that today would be the day that would change his self from here on out. The name, “Queenie”, Updike uses for one of the girls is the symbol that gives Sammie the courage to express his greatness in the climax of the story. As three girls walk into the convenient store in only bathing suits, all attention of the male employees are geared toward them. Sammie, in particular, charged a woman twice for an item