A & P Group at eNotes http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/group The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the A & P Group at eNotes. Thu, 4 Sep 2008 15:37:30 en-us <![CDATA[Sammy quits his job to try to impress the young girls because he...]]> http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/why-does-sammy-quit-his-job-he-less-hero-because-36219 http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/why-does-sammy-quit-his-job-he-less-hero-because-36219 Thu, 4 Sep 2008 15:37:30 PST <![CDATA[Why does Sammy quit his job? Is he less of a hero because he wants the...]]> http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/why-does-sammy-quit-his-job-he-less-hero-because-36219 http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/why-does-sammy-quit-his-job-he-less-hero-because-36219 Thu, 4 Sep 2008 15:29:48 PST <![CDATA[The most ironic moment of this story is when Sammy resigns.  He is...]]> http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/what-irony-and-symbols-story-quot-and-p-quot-by-35873 http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/what-irony-and-symbols-story-quot-and-p-quot-by-35873 Mon, 1 Sep 2008 10:28:08 PST <![CDATA[What are the irony and symbols in the story "A & P" by...]]> http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/what-irony-and-symbols-story-quot-and-p-quot-by-35873 http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/what-irony-and-symbols-story-quot-and-p-quot-by-35873 Mon, 1 Sep 2008 08:09:50 PST <![CDATA[Firs, we have to understand what an epiphany is.  An epiphany is a...]]> http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/and-p-by-john-updike-what-sammy-s-epiphany-35849 http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/and-p-by-john-updike-what-sammy-s-epiphany-35849 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:38:19 PST <![CDATA[At the end of the day, Sammy says,"I felt how hard the world was...]]> http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/and-p-by-john-updike-what-sammy-s-epiphany-35849 http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/and-p-by-john-updike-what-sammy-s-epiphany-35849 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:55:46 PST <![CDATA[In "A&P" by John Updike, what is Sammy's epiphany?]]> http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/and-p-by-john-updike-what-sammy-s-epiphany-35849 http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/and-p-by-john-updike-what-sammy-s-epiphany-35849 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:28:54 PST <![CDATA[All of Updike's writing deals with middle-class American values and...]]> http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/have-been-researching-through-numerous-book-and-29541 http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/have-been-researching-through-numerous-book-and-29541 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:23:24 PST <![CDATA[John Updike frequently wrote for "The New Yorker", a magazine that was...]]> http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/have-been-researching-through-numerous-book-and-29541 http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/have-been-researching-through-numerous-book-and-29541 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:59:49 PST <![CDATA[I have been researching through numerous books and stories about what...]]> http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/have-been-researching-through-numerous-book-and-29541 http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/have-been-researching-through-numerous-book-and-29541 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:39:42 PST <![CDATA[Sammy's calling the shoppers in the A&P sheep says more about him...]]> http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/why-does-sammy-think-customers-sheep-26517 http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/why-does-sammy-think-customers-sheep-26517 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:30:53 PST <![CDATA[One of the devices Updike uses is onomatopoeia, or the use of words that...]]> http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/what-kind-language-sentence-structure-diction-26489 http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/what-kind-language-sentence-structure-diction-26489 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:07:12 PST <![CDATA[The narrator's use of language is that of a teenage boy.  Sammy is a...]]> http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/what-kind-language-sentence-structure-diction-26489 http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/what-kind-language-sentence-structure-diction-26489 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:14:52 PST <![CDATA[The shoppers in the store are like sheep to Sammy because they blindly...]]> http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/why-does-sammy-think-customers-sheep-26517 http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/why-does-sammy-think-customers-sheep-26517 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:41:14 PST <![CDATA[Sammy thinks of customers as sheep because he really doesn't care about...]]> http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/why-does-sammy-think-customers-sheep-26517 http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/why-does-sammy-think-customers-sheep-26517 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:29:33 PST <![CDATA[Why does Sammy think of customers as sheep in "A & P"?]]> http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/why-does-sammy-think-customers-sheep-26517 What does Sammy's reference to sheep in the short story "A & P" by John Updike mean?

]]> http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/why-does-sammy-think-customers-sheep-26517 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:08:39 PST <![CDATA[ "Sammy narrates this story in the first person. His voice is...]]> http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/what-kind-language-sentence-structure-diction-26489 http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/what-kind-language-sentence-structure-diction-26489 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:39:56 PST <![CDATA[What kind of language, sentence structure, diction, and imagery does the...]]> http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/what-kind-language-sentence-structure-diction-26489 http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/what-kind-language-sentence-structure-diction-26489 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:03:47 PST <![CDATA[The narrator in this story is Sammy, the nineteen year old boy who works...]]> http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/describe-this-narrator-why-has-updike-chosen-this-26479 http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/describe-this-narrator-why-has-updike-chosen-this-26479 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:11:03 PST <![CDATA[Describe the narrator in "A & P." Why has Updike chosen...]]> http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/describe-this-narrator-why-has-updike-chosen-this-26479 http://www.enotes.com/and-pa/q-and-a/describe-this-narrator-why-has-updike-chosen-this-26479 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:03:37 PST