Analysis Of A & P By John Updike
'A & P' is a short story written by John Updike. John Updike was a contemporary writer. He passed away in 2009 leaving behind various works in novels, short stories, and poems. In his story 'A & P' he features a teenage boy, also known as Sammy. Sammy works as a cashier at a local market. One day as Sammy is following along with his monotonous routine, three girls enter the store wearing only bathing suits. Nevertheless, Sammy's attention immediately becomes transfixed onto the three girls. Despite all of the commotion the girls cause, they finish as a symbol for this young boy. They support to show how Sammy gains his freedom for moving with his desires, as well as setting himself up to escape from his childish ways, and to move further on
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He starts with the first girl describing that she was "this chunky one, with the two-piece- it was bright green and the seams on the bra were still sharp and her belly was still pretty pale." (page 69/lines 7-9) He continues on about several other of her features along with what qualities she possesses that appeal to his interests. After analyzing the first girl of the group he moves onto the second. Sammy begins to point out she had "black hair that hadn't quite frizzed right, and one of those sunburns right across under the eyes, and a chin that was too long-you know, the kind of girl other girls think is very "striking" and "attractive"…"(page 69/lines 11-15). Moving on to the third girl, Sammy makes an effort to represent her as the one who clearly captured his attention the greatest amount. Her first details are, "then the third one, that wasn't quite so tall. She was the queen. … She didn't look around, not this queen, she just walked straight on slowly, on these long white primadonna legs." (page 69/lines 14-17) For instance, when Sammy is analyzing the girls, for the first two he makes it a point to start off with their facial qualities, before moving on to what their bodies are like. When this young cashier begins his analysis with Queenie, his first observation is to observe her whole body. Unlike with the other two girls, he makes it a point to tell the audience
He starts with the first girl describing that she was "this chunky one, with the two-piece- it was bright green and the seams on the bra were still sharp and her belly was still pretty pale." (page 69/lines 7-9) He continues on about several other of her features along with what qualities she possesses that appeal to his interests. After analyzing the first girl of the group he moves onto the second. Sammy begins to point out she had "black hair that hadn't quite frizzed right, and one of those sunburns right across under the eyes, and a chin that was too long-you know, the kind of girl other girls think is very "striking" and "attractive"…"(page 69/lines 11-15). Moving on to the third girl, Sammy makes an effort to represent her as the one who clearly captured his attention the greatest amount. Her first details are, "then the third one, that wasn't quite so tall. She was the queen. … She didn't look around, not this queen, she just walked straight on slowly, on these long white primadonna legs." (page 69/lines 14-17) For instance, when Sammy is analyzing the girls, for the first two he makes it a point to start off with their facial qualities, before moving on to what their bodies are like. When this young cashier begins his analysis with Queenie, his first observation is to observe her whole body. Unlike with the other two girls, he makes it a point to tell the audience