Conflict In John Updike's A & P

The primary conflict in the story “A&P” by John Updike, is the inner conflict that Sammy is faced with during his encounter with the young girls in bathing suits. As a young man he has always did what was expected of him and shown to be an upstanding young man. After he experienced the actions of how his manager treated the young girls, due to them not adhering to society’s standards of dress for the time; he became angry and expressed this anger by removing himself from the manager and his narrow point of view. Sammy wasn’t sure what he did was right but he felt it was right at the time because he wanted to rebel. This was probably the first time in his life he ever really stood up for himself or anyone else and now he is faced with the repercussions