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to set the story in a perfectly ordinary supermarket. What details stands out a particularly true to life? What does this close attention to detail contribute to the story? According to Updike‚ A&P is an ordinary supermarket with ordinary people. Sammy described customer’s looking at groceries‚ checking their list to make sure they have everything they needed. In relations to the story‚ the narrator visual description did indeed have an insight of true to life scenario. For instance‚ Updike arranged
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Man is Hard to Find‚ the key word is “good.” It is also a part of the theme for this story. The grandmother uses “good” as a label for many things in this story including Red Sammy and the Misfit. The grandmother says Red Sammy is a “good” man for his act of kindness toward a couple needing gas but couldn’t afford it. Red Sammy knew the couple would not be back to pay for the gas as they promised‚ but he let them pump it anyways. When the grandmother encounters the Misfit and realizes who he is‚ she
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relate it to the 1960’s‚ I actually thought the film was pretty modern and could be possible in today’s times‚ depending on a store and its’ management‚ whether an independently owned little store or a big box grocery store. The main character‚ Sammy‚ who displays an 18 or 19 year old male teenagers’ feelings are very much alike as all boys during the adolescence years. John Updike himself reported in his interview of when he was young and married and 29 years of age that he could relate to these
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find In “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”‚ O’Connor seems to suggest that only through conflicts can the “good” in people be found. The way that the grandmother seems to dwell in the past suggests that she believes that it would’ve been easier to find a “good” man a long time ago. To the grandmother‚ trying to find goodness today would prove to be very challenging and possibly even useless. Through the use of symbolism‚ foreshadowing‚ and metaphors‚ O’Connor develops the story’s
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grandmother cannot move away from past and is at the same time confused by accuracy of past events. On the trip a road stop seems very suggestive of a hellish place: barbecue fires‚ Red Sammy‚ etc (O ’Connor‚ pg. 6). The grandmother ’s lack of character judging is pointed out in this scene. She believes that Red Sammy is a good
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Mr. Teagarden‚ saying he bought Coca-Cola stock and died a wealthy man [Holmes]. They stopped at a restaurant‚ which was part of a house‚ a wood filling station‚ and a dance hall‚ for barbecue sandwiches. O’Connor used the character Red Sammy to show pity. Red Sammy told the grandmother how to men came in and got gas off of credit but he was not sure why he let them. The grandmother replied
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Father said grace and the family began to eat hastily. After dinner Sammy quickly ran off to school before his father could tell him to stay and help with choirs. Nanny left also to do some errands in town. Right before Father left to go back to work‚ Mother called after him saying she wanted him to sit down so she could
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“A&P” by Updike (1961)‚ is a short story about a young man named Sammy who worked at the checkout line at a Grocery Store. One summer afternoon as stands behind the third check-out slot he notices three girls walking into the store wearing only their bathing suits. As the girls make their way through the aisles he notices everything about them‚ the way they carry themselves and the confidence each of them emit. He quits his job because of how the manager refer to the girls as embarrassing him and
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