How To Write An Essay On A & P By John Updike

The story that I wanted to go into greater depth would be the story of A & P by John Updike. I wanted to convince people that the character Sammy is actually more aware of things then most would give him that he is sort of a rebel, a character that is trying to be different. First off Sammy is a 19-year-old kid that was working at the checkout line at an A & P in a town somewhere in the New England area. First off you have to understand that Sammy is not a typical 19 years old, he is more aware of his surroundings then most would see. An example of his is when the girls come into the store for the first time he identifies them to such a high degree. For example what teenager would explain women to this degree “The one that caught my eye first was the one in the plaid green two-piece.

He always has something to say about someone, judging people like an overseer of the store. Then mid way through the story Sammy starts to let the reader know how he feels about the other regular customers in the store. When he says, “The sheep pushing their carts down the aisle -- the girls were walking against the usual traffic”, showing that Sammy character is not on board with just following the rules of society that not everyone has to go the same way. After the girls get in trouble with the store manger and then get sent out of the store you can tell that Sammy is fed up with how things are going. He is working a job that he did not even apply for his self because his father got it for him. He just watch’s people shop like sheep all the time, commenting on how they look act while shopping, he starts to think about his own