Summary Of John Updike's A & P

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Sammy’s attitude can be seen with his observations and descriptions, it reveals his own immaturity and sense of superiority. Sammy’s shows his sense of superiority when he mocks the A&P customers as he describes them as “sheep” and how he presents his coworker Stokesie the “unimaginative drone”. His immaturity is seen when he is ogling the girls that walked in. When he decided to quit his job, it was done to impress Queenie and separate himself from her thinking he is like Stokesie. Sammy’s desire for Queenie, which begins as a young man’s interest in a pretty girl, ends up as a desire for escape from the A&P and, in effect his own life. It is not until he is outside and reflects on his actions that he understands, “my stomach kind of fell

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