OPPapers.com Essay Index >> Book Reports >> The Story Of A&Amp;P
We have many free term papers and essays on The Story Of A&Amp;P. We also have a wide variety of research papers and book reports available to you for free. You can browse our collection of term papers or use our search engine.
Submitted by de2107 on February 14, 2007
Category: Book Reports
Words: 1037 | Pages: 5
Views: 315
Popularity Rank: 29,983
Average Member Grade: N/A (Add a Comment / Grade this Paper)
In the story of "A & P", John Updike guides us through the life of young people through imagery, to help us gain the understandment between the conflict of the young and the old.
"A & P" is a tale of a young man who lets his desires and his anger get a little to far ahead of him and in the end winds up making a poor decision based on impulse. Sammy, an nineteen year old boy from a small suburb outside Boston who works at an A & P Supermarket, seems like an average boy who seems a tad bit tired of the regular customers who come into his store. Including those older married women with multiple children, the overweight lady who must we add has no regrets to wearing her bathing suit that doesn't quite cover, and the nit picking old women who spend years trying to catch a small glitch by a cashier, which is usually Sammy himself. It's the last ditch effort to make an impression on a beautiful young lady that ends up leaving Sammy unemployed.
The story starts out in an A & P when in through the door walks three eye catching young ladies sporting nothing but revealing two piece bathing suits. Quickly noticed by Sammy, he changes his focus towards the three girls, forgetting his duties as cashier and critiques them in his head as he watches them shop about the store. It's the leader of the pack, a sure beauty, which Sammy coins the nickname Queenie, that really catches his eye. She stands tall with beautiful brown hair and peircing blue eyes, whose shoulder straps had fallen off of her shoulders and just dangled around her arms. Entregued by her beauty and surprising elegance she quickly walks up to Sammy's line, feeling blessed when Queenie and her pack place their purchase on his line, he begins to ring up her can of fancy herring snacks. As Queenie reaches into the center of her bikini to remove the dollar to pay for the snack, in walks a man by the name of Lengel. Lengel, Sammy's uptight dreary manager quickly notices the outfits of the three girls...
You must Login to view the entire paper.
If you are not a member yet, Sign Up for free!