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A
5 page paper which examines various considerations involving “A & P” by John Updike
and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman affects and influences the
characters in the stories. No additional sources cited.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAyelap.rtf
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"The Yellow Wallpaper" are two very different stories that discuss various aspects of internal examination. The main characters in both stories are faced with a situation that they must examine
and deal with in one way or another. Of course, anyone who has read both of these stories knows full well that Gilmans story is far more tragic and painful,
whereas Updikes merely seems to address a condition of growing up for one young man. Bearing that in mind the following paper first discusses how the setting of these two
stories affects and influences the characters, how the Updike story does not possess particular elements that would define it as a tragedy, and a general examination and summary of Gilmans
story. Setting The setting in Updikes story is the A & P store, a convenience store where the young man works. As can be imagined, as is seen,
the store is one that is relatively boring and simple. It is also a story with rules that are particular to such establishments, such as seen in the no shirt
no shoes no service aspect of such environments. This simple, but also somewhat socially rigid environment clearly stifles the main character for there is no adventure, no challenge, and no
excitement in the place. It is not necessarily a nurturing environment for one who wants something more out of life than to be a bag boy of sorts. As such
it essentially provides and environment that offers little until the girls come in wearing their bathing suits. At this point the character is able to make a stance against something
that is relatively simple and not truly unjust. But, the confining and normally dull environment, or setting, provides the young man with an opportunity, albeit a simply rebellious opportunity, to
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