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This 3 page paper discusses the way in which Sammy, the protagonist of John Updike’s short story “A&P” matures over the course of the story. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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First, there really is an A&P; it stands for the "Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company," and it is (or was) a nationwide grocery store chain. This particular A&P is
located near Boston, and as the story begins, Sammy has just been blindsided by three girls who came into the store wearing nothing but their bathing suits (Updike). His immaturity
is apparent in his reaction to them: his descriptions are crude and overtly sexual; he refers to one of the girls having a "sweet broad soft-looking can" (Updike). He describes
the physical appearance of the girls in great detail, and hes so preoccupied with them he cant remember whether he rang up a purchase or not (Updike). His reaction, his
sexual interest, his crude summing up of the girls appearance-all of these speak to his immaturity. He makes jokes and pretends to faint ("Darling," I said. "Hold me tight") when
he sees an attractive girl (Updike). His fellow cashier is named "Stoksie"; hes 22, with "two babies chalked up on his fuselage already, but as far as I can tell
thats the only difference" (Updike). The difference, that is, between Stoksies behavior before and after marriage. Sammy says that hes 19 and implies that he too is a man like
Stoksie, but the reference to Stoksies children again reveals his immaturity. Referring to the babies in the same way that air crews chalked up kills on their planes makes them
into something of a joke, and implies that Stoksie went on a "mission" every time he made love to his wife. The imagery is unsophisticated and is reminiscent of his
adolescent "drooling" over the girls bodies when they first came in. Sammys maturation, such as it is, starts with the arrival of the manager, Lengel. He embarrasses the girls by
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