John Updike A & P Analysis

The story “A&P” by John Updike is about the thoughts and interactions over the course of a day in a young man named Sammy’s life. Sammy works at the local A&P where certain events transpire that lead to him quitting his job. After Sammy quit his job he said to himself “my stomach kind of fell as I felt how hard the world was going to be to me hereafter”. Its clear to see after that statement Sammy is aware of the problems he could potentially face in the following months after quitting his job at the at the A&P. Sammy’s pessimistically crude outlook on people and the world, his inability to think things fully through, and the effect his actions will have on his family are reasons why the world will be world will be hard to him and why he’ll