A & P | Literary Qualities
Sammy narrates this story in the first person. His voice is colloquial and intimate. His speech is informal, a factor that highlights his individuality and propensity to question authority. His use of slang, like describing a dollar bill that had "just come from between the two smoothest scoops of vanilla I had ever known" characterize him as a fairly typical teenage boy. Using the present tense to make the story seem immediate, he speaks as if to a friend—"I uncrease the bill, tenderly as you may imagine"—drawing the reader immediately to his side. Everything that happens, the...
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