A & P By John Updike Summary

In John Updike’s short story, “A&P”, the narrator is a cashier who is observing and describing the events occurring at his job. Throughout the story, the narrator seems to develop feelings for a girl he observes in the store. Three girls come to the store with a list of items to buy. These girls came into the store wearing nothing but their swimsuits, which leads the reader to infer the girls most likely just came from the beach. The narrator seems to be a very observant person. The fact that they did not put on cover ups caught the cashier’s attention, so he began to observe the girls every move. The narrator uses a lot of vivid imagery to describe the girls and their actions.
The narrator describes all three of the girls using this vivid