When we visit groceries, we pay attention to our groceries because we don 't encounter awkward situations where the females wear clothing which would distract us from our groceries. Our normal task in the grocery would be to walk in and buy our necessary goods and leave. The story A and P by John Updike focuses on a grocery shop where three female characters walk in wearing their bathing suit and catches the worker’s attention including the manager. Sammy, a employee in the grocery store observes the females and shows his interest towards the girls. This story is taking place in small town where people know each other and often judge each other on their appearance and their personality.
The memoir can be relatable to young adults, as young adults face many challenges growing up. Young adults face a plethora of issues and to know that they’re not alone , and somebody else faced the same problems or even worse problems ,may help the youth find this memoir relatable. The entire memoir is about Jeannette struggling of her irrational family. Jeanette family never stayed in one place and when they did the conditions were poor. Jeannette mentioned “Instead of beds, we kids each slept on a cardboard box, like the ones refrigerator get delivered in”.
After her Junior year in high school, she planned on moving to New York City. Her mom did not show any feelings other than jealousy of Jeannette’s decision. On the other hand, her father showed remorse for her daughter’s choice. He tried his best to convince Jeannette to stay with the family. Her father reminds Jeannette, “If things don't work out, you can always come home, I’ll be here for you.
Throughout Boy’s Life, the author uses figurative language to emphasize theme, setting and character transformation. Without the incorporation of literary devices, such as: simile, metaphor and personification, the novel would lose its intricacy. In the novel, figurative language played an important role in emphasizing the theme of change. As the novel progresses, readers witness the changes that both Tom and Cory experience.
The story takes place on a hot, summer day at a grocery store called the “A&P”. The protagonist is a nineteen year old male cashier by the name of Sammy. The central conflict occurs when Sammy watches three girls in bathing suits enter into the store to buy some herring snacks. Sammy gleefully watches them and gets attracted to the middle girl, “Queenie”, eventually being infatuated for her.
The girl wakes up early one morning and walks to school in the dark. She wanted to go to school where she felt people would care if she ran off, and be in a stable loving environment much different than what she had at home. She seeks the help from her teacher to give her the stability she need to get her through the day. At her sanctuary she cannot help but feel “in an overcrowded and unhappy home it was easy for any could to slip away (Barry 143). Her environment is so unhappy and bleak it is only human to look for an outlet for a little happiness.
The Beauty of Grocery Shopping John Updike’s short story clearly demonstrates the strict morality of the times, uniformity. In a world where differences are embraced, how can one possibly not immediately think about how much times have changed? Throughout Updike’s tale revealed by his first-person narrator Sammy one can see his view of the beauty and magic of life through his writing style, and the distinct presence of the theme of uniformity. Sammys descriptions allows the reader to place themselves directly in the story allowing for it to be more personable and relatable.
In the short story “Checkouts”, a girl parents move her to Cincinnati. She is having a hard time adjusting and is not happy with her parents. Then one day while visiting the grocery store she sees a checkout boy. She thinks he is cute and he thinks the same. So every time she goes to the grocery store they look for eachother.
Occurs in the suburbs during the 1960’s. However a young teenaged girl is put into a very uncomfortable situation as a result of acting out and trying to find herself. Although the young girl named Connie portrayed as confident and rebellious with her friends meeting Arnold Friend changed everything. It is implied Connie’s was almost forced to give her life for her families quickly makes the young girl realized what she got herself into .Reading this short story really opens the mind of each person who reads it .
Two Different Worlds The short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” written by Joyce Oates demonstrates through the main character Connie, a young girl that has been trying to find her place in the world, that people always will all have to battle their fears interwinding with their desires. First and foremost, Connie is a pretty young girl that thrives on her beauty. Her obsession with her beauty in a psychological point of view is actually her desire to have a connection with her mother. Her beauty is the one compliment that her mother will give her, “ ‘ Stop gawking at yourself.
In the transformation between adulthood and childhood violence, gender, nationality all influence how one experiences that change. However, in adolescent coming of age stories the greatest factor affecting transformation is often gender, as illustrated by “The Laughing Man” by J.D. Salinger, “The Wild Dogs” by Peter Skrzynecki, “The Verb To Kill” by Luisa Valenzuela, and “Where are you going” by Joyce Carol Oates. In adolescent stories gender determines one's experience more than nationality because boys tend to experience physical violence while girls tend to experience troublesome relationships. “The Laughing Man” is a vignette about a boy being watched after school by the “Chief”(71) who is their babysitter. The Chief tells the boys stories
“Checkouts” “Checkouts”, a short story by Cynthia Rylant, is about a girl who moves from a small town to a large city, Cincinnati. She doesn’t want to move, she sees it as her parents taking her away from the life she knows and loves and that they’re not letting her finish growing up as a child. Throughout the story, the word “checkouts” is used in multiple different ways, such as the boy works at a checkout line in a supermarket, the girl “checks out” from the world while in the supermarket and they check each other out at the checkout line. For example, “once inside the supermarket, her hands firmly around the handle of the cart, she would lapse into a kind of reverie” (Rylant 24). Shows that the girl sees grocery shopping as an escape from the world, as a way to take her mind off the negatives in her life.
In Joyce Carol Oates “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been”she paints the picture of a teenage girl whose mother is jealous of her, father is absent, and sister is twenty-four and lives at home. Connie is a fifteen year old girl who sneaks around with her friends, is a bit boy crazy and is very much a daydreaming teenager. The beginning of the story starts off rather innocently, then through a series of hints scattered throughout the story, takes a turn for the worse when Connie’s eyes are opened to a face of evil no girl should ever have to experience and no boy should ever become. Oates reveals how family relationships directly and indirectly affect the way teenagers act and how it impacts their search for self-identity. Connie’s relationship with her mother is not one she particularly values.
How World War 1 affected the development of technology War and conflict tend to accelerate invention and innovation. During the World War 1, there was a significant illustration and application of technical skills regarding warfare technology. Some of the distinct activities recognized include the technical and massive production of weapons and the application of industrialization in exploring large machinery to be used in the war. According to research, the technological trend of applying science in producing weapons started way back during the American civil war where the American strategists and soldiers tested newly manufactured weapons in the events of smaller conflicts. Many analysts liken the military science used in the early days of World War 1 to the 20th-century technology.
In the coming of age story “Where Are You Going Where Have You Been?” Joyce Carol Oates uses symbolism, conflict, and the third person to foreshadow fifteen-year-old Connie’s unfortunate, yet untimely fate. While one may think that the conflict stems from Connie’s promiscuity, it is clear to see her promiscuity is only a result to a much bigger conflict, her mother’s constant nagging and disapproval, alongside the lack of attention from her father. the author paints a vivid picture of what happens when a fifteen-year-old girl such as Connie goes elsewhere to find to find the love, attention, and approval that she lacks at home. All which is vital for her growth and wellbeing as a person.
