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A 5 page essay that analyzes the decision of Sammy in John Updike's short story, "A & P," to quit his job in order to impress a girl. The writer argues that Sammy made a rash and wrong decision. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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principled gesture; however, it is an action that is clearly driven by raging male adolescent hormones, rather than reason. The concluding sentence of the story indicates that Sammys life will
be much harder due to this rash decision. Therefore, Updike makes it clear that Sammy has erred in making his noble sacrifice for a girl who, if she did notice
his gesture, is unimpressed and will undoubtedly never give him a second thought. Sammy begins the story by commenting, "In walks these three girls in nothing but bathing suits" (Updike
468). As this wording implies, Sammy is shocked. His initial reaction is precisely the same that of the store manager, Lengel, as it is clear that Sammy does not
consider the girls attire typical or appropriate for shopping (non-restrictive appositive). He says, "...our town is five miles from a beach...but were right in the middle of town, and the
women generally put on a shirt or shorts or something before they get out of the car into the street" (Updike 479). One of the girls is
sort of "chunky," with "one of those chubby berry-faces," and Sammy thinks of her as "Plaid" because of her plaid bathing suit (non-restrictive appositive). Another one is thinks of as
"Big Tall Goony-Goony," but is the third girl with whom he is instantly smitten. She is "Queenie" in Sammys mind and he associates her with an environment of high social
class, wealth and privilege. He imagines her among adults who are "picking up herring snacks on toothpicks off a big glass plate...holding drinks the color of water with olives and
sprigs of mint in them" (Updike 471). But it is not her background and the air of privilege about her that makes Sammy instantly infatuated, as he is immediately caught
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