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Rewrite the first paragraph of this story in the third person. Why do you think Updike wrote it in the first person? Which version do you think is better? Why?
If three girls in bathing suits walked into your local supermarket, what do you think the reaction would be today? Has society's attitude towards such issues as dress changed or remained essentially the same in the past forty years?
If you were to make this story into a film that takes place today, what song would you have playing over the store's speakers? Think of the themes involved in both the story and the song...
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