Summary Of A & P By John Updike

In the short story A&P by John Updike, the protagonist is a 19 year old boy named Sammy. The story takes place in the supermarket where he works, called A &P, like the title of the story. The main conflict of the story occurs when 3 girls walk into the store wearing bathing suits like you would wear at the beach, Now, this is a big deal at the time, and even a little weird today, This story was written in the 1960’s where it was a lot worse for girls to show their shoulders than it is today, even though it was fine at the beach. Everyone in the store notices this immediately, especially Sammy who notices a lot about the girls and goes into detail about what he is seeing. He is especially attracted to who he considers the leader of the three