A & P | Overview
"A & P" was first published in the July 22, 1961 issue of the New Yorker and was published again the following year in the author's collection Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories. Arthur Mizener's review of the collection in the New York Times Book Review exalted Updike in terms that soon became commonplace for the writer: "his natural talent is so great that for some time it has been a positive handicap to him." Almost forty years later, "A & P" remains Updike's most anthologized story and one of his most popular.
The story opens with Sammy, the teenaged narrator,...
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Sammy's calling the shoppers in the A&P sheep says more about him than it does... - pedanticpoet answered a question:
One of the devices Updike uses is onomatopoeia, or the use of words that imitate... - kwoo1213 answered a question:
The narrator's use of language is that of a teenage boy. Sammy is a typical... - bmadnick answered a question:
The shoppers in the store are like sheep to Sammy because they blindly go up and... - kwoo1213 answered a question:
Sammy thinks of customers as sheep because he really doesn't care about them as...
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