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Thursday, January 12, 2017

Character Analysis - Sammy in John Updike\'s A&P

Who is Sammy? In the pitiful legend A&P, Sammy serves as the protagonist, main character and narrator. The story is t grey-headed from his point of view, which I hope is very interesting because the news report changes if this story is told from one of the opposite characters point of view. This story takes places in a small worldly-minded community with conservative views. Sammy is a 19 year old who works as a cashier at A&P grocery in a small township. Sammy female genital organ be describe in many managements. He is very opinionated and observant of his surroundings. From the initiation of the story Sammy is seen as slenderly immature. Sammy seems to be very indifferent in his think over but rather taken with its customers. I seat relate to that somewhat. sell can be so boring and mundane at times that you have to do something to help the time go by. He comments on everyone and everything. This serves as his entertainment to get by the day.\nIn the story he quic kly analyzes the girls as they go far in the store. In fact, in the very first article of faith Sammy says in walks these three girls in nothing but cleanse suits (Updike 32). It is quite an attention grabber. Sammy finds more or less state in town are followers and do the very(prenominal) thing. However, he notices Queenie is different. He is almost infatuated by her sweet broad soft-looking can (Updike 33). Based on the way he describes the girls he seems to essay people based on appearances. He depicts everything from the texture and patterns of their bathing suits to the different boundaries of their tan lines. Sammy describes the girls nicer in comparison to how he described the old lady and the stay lane. He goes on to anticipate Queenie a leader. She acts different, walks different, and dresses differently than others in town. Sammy described most people in town as sheep. They all talked and dressed the same way. I think Sammy really resemblings this girl and hoped by quitting his job and standing up for her she would like him back. \nQ...

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