Home > A & P Summary & Study Guide > A & P Group > Question and Answer

Ask a Question

Post a question to thousands of students and teachers.

• 
  In "A&P," by John Updike, what word would you use to describe Sammy at the beginning of the story?

  Posted by amayjan on Oct 11, 2009 at 07:55 PM

• 
  What is the exposition of the short story "A&P"?

  Posted by laslimchata on Sep 30, 2009 at 05:08 PM

• 
  In John Updike's short story "A&P", do you find anything admirable in the story from the standpoint of its language or its structure?

  Posted by dacurley on Sep 16, 2009 at 02:18 PM

• 
  What would be a thesis for the short story, "A&P" by John Updike?

  Posted by mechon02 on Sep 13, 2009 at 10:17 PM

• 
  What does the author John Updike tell us about the story of "A&P"?

  Posted by damaged123 on Sep 13, 2009 at 06:00 PM

• 
  In John Updike's story "A&P," how is Sammy romantic?

  Posted by dman011 on Sep 2, 2009 at 09:40 AM

• 
  In the story "A&P" what are some traits and characteristics of Sammy?

  Posted by dman2011 on Sep 1, 2009 at 09:56 AM

• 
  What is the perfect answer for the character in the short story, "A&P," by John Updike?

  Posted by syazwa on Aug 14, 2009 at 12:03 AM

• 
  Are there any subplots in A&P?

  Posted by prodigykid0 on Aug 12, 2009 at 08:26 PM

• 
  In the story "A & P" by John Updike, why did the girls impress Sammie so much?

  Posted by racinbitch637 on Jul 30, 2009 at 11:09 AM

• 
  How fully does Updike draw the character of Sammy in "A&P"?

  Posted by oldcastle on Jul 19, 2009 at 05:06 PM

• 
  Where are instances in which Sammy shows that he is judgmental in "A & P" by John Updike?

  Posted by boy1954 on Jul 19, 2009 at 10:00 AM

• 
  One issue in "A & P" is the question of propriety and decency. Is the manager right? Is Sammy's decision to quit justified?

  Posted by babibubu on Jul 7, 2009 at 06:49 AM

• 
  How are the following three images at the end of "A & P" related to Sammy's decision to quit his job?

  Posted by argent on Jul 7, 2009 at 06:44 AM

• 
  Updike delays a dramatic conflict halfway through the story. What does the author achieve by presenting Lengel's confrontation with the girls so late?

  Posted by babibubu on Jul 6, 2009 at 04:25 AM

• 
  Updike sets the values of teenagers against those of adults in the story "A&P". What are the values of each?

  Posted by argent on Jul 6, 2009 at 03:57 AM

• 
  In the Story "A&P" by John Updike, what is the theme being expressed throughout the story?

  Posted by stephanieb3313 on May 4, 2009 at 10:05 AM

• 
  Is the story "A & P" dated?

  Posted by wade88 on Mar 18, 2009 at 03:49 PM

• 
  What are the similarities and differences of the characters of Sammy from "A&P", and the main character in "Greasy Lake"?

  Posted by curtisjackson on Mar 3, 2009 at 12:54 PM

• 
  What are some of the struggles that Sammy faces in "A & P"?

  Posted by sweetsoso on Feb 24, 2009 at 07:09 PM

• 
  In the story's final sentence, what does Sammy mean when he says, "I felt how hard the world was going to be to me hereafter"?

  Posted by sampss20 on Feb 12, 2009 at 07:41 PM

• 
  What is the significance of the final decision of the narrator in A&P to quite his job?

  Posted by zoeace on Feb 9, 2009 at 05:13 PM

• 
  What are some examples of Sammy's unsophistication?

  Posted by randee on Feb 8, 2009 at 04:20 PM

• 
  In John Updike's  “A&P,”  Why does Sammy compare the girls to bees?  What do bees symbolize in this story?

  Posted by nvccstu on Feb 2, 2009 at 07:42 PM

• 
  What do the last lines of "A & P" mean?

  Posted by rokkit62 on Jan 30, 2009 at 03:35 PM

• 
  In "A & P", how are the characteristics of the customers foils for Queenie and her friend?

  Posted by maymay on Jan 29, 2009 at 06:09 PM

• 
  In "A & P", what is Sammy trying to achieve and why?

  Posted by rayraygray on Jan 29, 2009 at 12:47 PM

• 
  I need help describing the opening paragraph of John Updike's "A&P" and how it prepares the reader for what will follow in the end.

  Posted by bethl3670 on Jan 21, 2009 at 01:24 PM

• 
  What is the allegory of the story "A&P" by John Updike? What is the tone and atmosphere?

  Posted by anshen on Nov 27, 2008 at 03:51 AM

• 
  How fully does Updike draw the character of Sammy in "A & P"?

  Posted by jansport on Nov 11, 2008 at 01:09 AM

• 
  What are some lessons that Sammy learns throughout the story "A&P"?

  Posted by maxadolfo on Oct 28, 2008 at 03:15 PM

• 
  How does the setting in "A & P" reveal the consequences of risk taking?

  Posted by lillian01 on Oct 14, 2008 at 05:40 PM

• 
  Why should the reader care about what happens to Sammy?

  Posted by raj1 on Oct 2, 2008 at 02:25 PM

• 
  What are the conflicts in John Updike's "A&P"

  Posted by alibug503 on Sep 27, 2008 at 08:41 AM

• 
  Describe the events in the story "A & P" by John Updike.

  Posted by raj1 on Sep 19, 2008 at 07:15 AM

• 
  Why does Sammy quit his job in "A & P"? Is he less of a hero because he wants the girls to know of his heroism?

  Posted by mimilaf1 on Sep 4, 2008 at 03:29 PM

• 
  What are the irony and symbols in the story "A & P" by John Updike?

  Posted by ittledevil13 on Sep 1, 2008 at 08:09 AM

• 
  In "A&P" by John Updike, what is Sammy's epiphany?

  Posted by snapplesaregood on Aug 31, 2008 at 08:28 PM

• 
  I have been researching through numerous books and stories about what influenced John Updike to write his short story, "A&P"?

  Posted by sossy2002 on Aug 23, 2008 at 10:39 AM

• 
  Why does Sammy think of customers as sheep in "A & P"?

  Posted by jjusinos on Jun 23, 2008 at 07:08 PM

• 
  What kind of language, sentence structure, diction, and imagery does the narrator use in "A & P"?

  Posted by mary1011 on Jun 23, 2008 at 02:03 AM

• 
  Describe the narrator in "A & P." Why has Updike chosen this kind of narrator for his story?

  Posted by sarah923 on Jun 22, 2008 at 04:03 PM

• 
  Why does Sammy quit his job in "A &P"? What are the factors that lead up to this action?

  Posted by lovelyne on Jun 22, 2008 at 01:56 PM

• 
   Do you believe the narrator of "A & P" is a static or a dynamic character?

  Posted by kscott1 on Apr 12, 2008 at 03:55 PM

• 
  How would I analyze the setting in "A & P"?

  Posted by vreed on Apr 6, 2008 at 09:08 AM

• 
  In "A & P," is Sammy a hero? Why or why not?

  Posted by speterson777 on Mar 25, 2008 at 08:33 AM

• 
  What are some comparisons between Lengel and Sammy in "A and P"  by John Updike?

  Posted by pharmgirl on Mar 13, 2008 at 07:03 AM

• 
  What is similar in the decisions made by Sammy from A & P by Updike and Where are you Going, Where Have You Been? by Oates?

  Posted by maddenx80 on Mar 10, 2008 at 09:24 PM

• 
  As the story "A&P" closes, Sammy thinks "how hard the world was going to be him hereafter."  Will it? Why? or Why not?

  Posted by emwerner1 on Mar 6, 2008 at 06:38 AM

• 
  What main short story element is the driving force behind the plot in "A & P"?

  Posted by st8a on Feb 25, 2008 at 08:52 PM