John Updike A & P

In John Updike's short story “ A&P”, the author tells the story through a first person point of view by a 19 year old cashier named Sammy. While reading the story, I thought there were a lot of descriptive imagery and scenes which made me feel like I was in the story with the narrator. As the title suggests , the plot of the story is in the store called A & P where Sammy works. He describes himself as a typical 19 year old boy who isn’t a big fan of his job. The story begins on a regular day when three girls walk in their bathing suits. Everyone is awed by these three girls but the one that catches sammy's attention is the “Queen”. The details that the narrator uses was quite impressive to me since he goes into tiny details about queen’s appearance