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No, Sammy would not be characterized as a hero. His actions were foolish, actually, and immature. By quitting his job, he has made a huge mistake and he realizes at the end of the story that life...
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Well, one is the disparity between the vacationing, monied class to which Queenie and her entourage belong and to the resident, working class to which Sammy is a member. Sammy longs to not suffer...
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Sammy's worldview is more romantic than grounded; this could be a result of his youth, as he is only nineteen years old. Sammy has a romantic view of the world. From the moment the three girls come...
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"A & P," a short story by John Updike, was first published in the New Yorker in 1961. In this period, the New Yorker was aimed toward a well educated, affluent audience in the New York area,...
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"A&P" by John Updike is a coming of age story about a teenager named Sammy. He is a local in a resort town, from a family that is struggling financially--and therefore he works part time as a...
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In John Updike's A&P there are a lot of realistic points to discuss. First off, the narrator's voice was absolutely believable. The character works in a supermarket, and seems to people watch...
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At the end of the story, Sammy quits his job after his manager, Lengel, tells three girls, who have been shopping in their bathing suits, that they need to dress decently when they come into the A...
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Sammy, the narrator, is a 19-year-old cashier at an A&P store in the Boston area, five miles from the nearest beach. Three young women walk into the store in bikinis and begin walking up and...
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There are quite a few questions being asked here. I believe that the first question is the main question. The second question actually provides two possible answers to the first question. Either of...
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One of the fascinating aspects of this story is the way in which it reveals the character of Sammy to us through how he looks at the world and perceives objects. It is important to remember that...
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"A&P" is told from Sammy's perspective, so the characterization is done indirectly. Readers have to infer things about Sammy through the way that he thinks, the things that he says, and the...
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We are never told this directly in the text. Rather, we have to take what the text tells us and use it to infer this about Sammy. It is the beginning of the story that you want to look at in order...
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"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...
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Sammy, the narrator of Updike's "A&P" is not untypical for a nineteen-year-old, for he is both cynical and romantic. He notes that A couple customers that had been heading for my slot begin...
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In "A & P" by John Updike, Sammy is the protagonist. The story is told from Sammy's point of view, and we find out much more about Sammy than we do about the other characters. Thus you are...
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Sammy lives in a fantasy world. Like many young men, he is interested in the girls and their bodies. However, he also makes the impractical choice of standing up for the girls’ right to wear...
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John Updike's 1961 short story "A&P" contains many examples of figurative language. Simile and metaphor are the most commonly used, but there are several examples of personification, as well....
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"A & P" by John Updike was written early in his career. In an interview, Updike claimed that Sammy was somewhat autobiographical for the author when he was writing the story: 1960s. The...
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The first sentence of the second paragraph is another example of language that makes sense when comparing it to spoken English but isn't a great written sentence. It's a really long and choppy...
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Sammy quits his job to try to impress the young girls because he "defended" them. He was doing what I like to call "showing out," which means he was showing off. His...
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The fact that Sammy calls the people in the market “sheep” is an indication that he is getting fed up with his job. He is obviously more intelligent than the average grocery clerk and is...
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This story was first published in 1961, right at the verge of the social revolution that would occur in the 1960's. At the end of the story he has an epiphany about " how hard to world was going to...
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There are many possible angles to take in writing about John Updike's story "A & P." It all just depends on your opinion of the story and whether any particular aspect of it stands out in your...
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John Updike's short story, "A&P," is a slice-of-life tale about Sammy, the protagonist-narrator and teenage cashier in a New England grocery store. One day at work, three teenage girls come...
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Your question points towards the importance of paying particular attention as to how authors choose to end their works and how the ending in particular relates to the overall theme or message of...
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A "stock character" is... ...a character in literature...requiring no development by the writer. The stock character is also described as: A character type that appears repeatedly in a...
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It is clear that Sammy finds the entrance of the girls in their bathing suits something that represents liberation and defies the order of rules and regulations that seem to fill his life. For...
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If I had to choose a line that is as intense and course-altering as "I quit" is, I believe I would choose, "You'll feel this for the rest of your life." I would also point out the line, "...my...
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Sammie, the narrator, uses slang and colloquialisms from his 1950s East Coast beach lingo. His quips about Queenie's "scoops of vanilla," the sheepish herd of A & P patrons, and Stokesie's "Oh...
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Sammy is trying to figure out how a girl's mind works. When these three girls come into the store improperly dressed, or undressed, he is stunned with joy watching them walk around the store. His...
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With the point of view in Updike's "A & P" being that of Sammy, there is the vantage point of a young adult viewing his world with a certain cynicism. For, he sneers at the "sheep" and the...
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"Readers do not learn Sammy's name until the end of the story, even though he is the first-person narrator of the story. He is a checkout clerk at an A & P supermarket. His language...
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To me, Updike really only shows the personality of Queenie very much. The other two never even get names (not that Queenie is her real name) and so they are really not very distinct from one...
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Sammy, the narrator and protagonist of “A & P,” is a stereotypical nineteen-year-old working in a supermarket in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s in suburban America. He is bored with...
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Sammy might be considered an unreliable narrator in that he can only see the "visit" by the girls to his store as a totally innocent event; as a "warm-blooded" young man, he can see nothing wrong...
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Sammy, the protagonist of A & P by John Updike, would like to imagine himself as a chivalrous hero, protecting young ladies from evil and thereby coming to their notice. He thinks of his grand...
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Sammy describes them in this way because it reflects his attitude. Updike uses the first person point of view and the present tense to put the reader inside Sammy's head. We are seeing the events...
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I think one of the most prominent style elements in this short story is the way point-of-view creates such a specific tone. The story is told from the perspective of the checker, Sammy. First,...
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While enotes editors do not write theses or essays for students, we are glad to offer suggestions and advice on your efforts. However, since no topic has been put forth, you may wish to first...
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Sammy acts in haste in the beginning of the story, quiting his job to prove a point. He is opposed to the way the manager treated the girls who came into the store wearing bathing suits. He wants...
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There are a number of ways that Sammy differs from his manager, Lengel: in age, in position, in sexual drive, in experience versus naivete. First of all, Lengel seems immune to the girls'...
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The rising action of John Updike's short story, "A&P," begins almost immediately after Sammy notices the three girls dressed in bathing suits enter the supermarket. Apparently, this A&P...
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Since the story is told from Sammy's point of view, the humor is also expressed in his thoughts and by his words. His easy, conversational, teenaged vocabulary allows him to express things...
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In the short story by John Updike, entitled, "A&P," the falling action occurs after Sammy (the protagonist of the story) stands up for the girls who enter the grocery store where he works and...
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Sammy has just realized that he lives in a world where heroism is often not rewarded nor even noticed. He has just quit his job in protest because the A & P's manager, Lengel, has chided three...
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Updike really is a master of sensual description, allowing readers to see, hear, feel, taste and smell the surroundings created in his writing. He studied to be a visual artist which may partly...
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Since at one point in my life I was a teenage boy, the entire story stands out as particularly true to life. "A & P" narrates the internal monologue of a 19 year old store clerk when a group...
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There are several important themes that John Updike explores in his short story, "A&P." One is that of actions and consequences, which affects several of the characters. Sammy's decision to...
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John Updike's short story "A & P" considers many of the themes central to adolescence such as impetuosity, maturation, choices and consequences, and individualism. Sammy, the narrator and main...
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Good ideas, but I would suggest a few things. First, watch the editing. Be sure to italicize the title, use capital letters and correct punctuation and spelling (e.g., "open-minded") when...
