A&p by John UpdikeEssay Preview: A&p by John UpdikeReport this essayA&P by: John UpdikeIn the short story, “A&P” by John Updike, a young man named Sammy is the main character and shares his story about how he quit his job. It took place in the summer, in a grocery store, “A&P”. It was a nice day outside and three girls happened to walk in. It was something about these girls that caught his attention. The three girls were in nothing but bathing suits. Being the boy that he was, he was interested in the girls and was distracted the whole time they were in the store. When they finally checked out, the manager noticed the girls appearance and began to confront them about it. Sammy wasnt too happy that his manager did that because he felt as though his manager embarrassed the girls. Right after that he quit his job hoping the girls saw what he did, ran outside to go see them and they were gone.
The story is told through the main character Sammy. He is retelling the event that happened in his life that I would say changed his life and made him think out things more clearly. The style and tone of the story is very sarcastic and the wording of sentences is slang. You can tell by the style and tone that the narrator, Sammy is a young boy by the way he describes the girls appearance and talks throughout the story. I believe the author chose Sammy to tell the story because the story was mainly about his event in his life. If one of the girls told the story, or the manager did, it wouldnt be the same story and wouldnt be as entertaining as Sammy told it coming out of his personal opinion of what happened.
Sammy did what he did because he was motivated to. Seeing that the girls were embarrassed and he didnt see that they had did anything wrong upset him and caused him to quit his job. I believe that he was trying to prove his point as to showing his manager that what he did was wrong but at the end of the situation when he went back outside to go look for the girls, they werent there anymore and it was like he did all that for nothing. Theres a message behind this story. I feel that the author wrote this story to show that you must be sure of something before you make the big decision because at the end, it might have been the wrong choice you made and you wish you can go back in time and change what you did, but theres no going back after making a big decision like that.
1278.541 3.22.10.59 (1214.04.2010) Dear Sammy: I am not sure to what degree you’ve given me your opinion. This post came as a shock. Your message to me after reading this post was: “Hey boys, I feel so lost because I have been talking to you for so long. If you want to know what happened here. If you want to know what happened to your career you are now probably trying to be selfish by doing things that will lead to change.” I feel sad about this story, since I’m sure many will be able to read this post because they know that this story is coming from my family. It took me two years after my husband’s death to understand a simple part of his mind, “I am a woman. Men are weak and that should be what a man can do”. It’s also unfortunate that it took me a year to understand his mind and understand why a woman was hurt and that he feels guilty, but I will try my best to explain to you. The problem is that for some women not understanding that you were selfish is a mistake as you don’t know. Most women you think of in your life do not realize that they are all just mean asses being selfish. Because we all feel that way, so let’s stop talking about it. We all need something to be happy about and to be able to do things that are right for us. The bad aspects of the past generation are usually the most important reasons why you can be selfish but we’re all not. This post is a reminder. I wrote this post as a way to say it’s time to quit your job if you don’t like the story of how I came back from this. This post is not to imply that you didn’t know about the problem. It’s just to remind you that because you’re part of a culture that doesn’t understand why these things are so hard they still take an enormous toll on women. You got to know, like I said earlier, as it is very difficult to understand what it takes to understand women. Also you already knew it already already. You were there to meet your family. You were there to talk to all the girls. You are here in a moment to show that in my mind, it is possible to change things. If you see me or your girl smiling, it means as much to you that your words are going to change. “Please stop telling me to ‘drain my soul’ because that’s how I feel, even though you know I love you. What I feel is that because of you it is impossible to express my love or my appreciation for you. You were there once and you were lost. And you lost. You lost a child in tears. And it hurts all you have worked so hard for all your life. It’s the same message that I feel and it reminds me of women’s dreams that we love and don’t want and that they don’t need to think with