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Point Of View In John Updike's A & P

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Point of view describes the role the narrator plays in the events and any limits placed on his or her knowledge of events.
First person point of view is the narrator speaking directly about their self.
Omniscient point of view is when the narrator knows all the thoughts and feelings of each character in the story.
Limited omniscient point of view is all knowing of one or some of the character’s but not all of the character’s.
Objective point of view is when the narrator does not enter the mind of any of the character’s in the story but describes event’s from the outside. (2)
“A&P” 706 Words “A&P” was written by John Updike in 1961. It later appeared in Pigeon Feathers in 1962. Updike is an American writer and has written novels, short stories, …show more content…

The freedom to do and dress as you please. The three girls and Sammy, felt like they had every right to walk into A&P with what they had on. Sammy and the girls represent rebellion and freedom to do what is outside of normal.
The theme of the story is “Appearance.” The appearance of the girls in bathing suits is the main conflict. The appearance of the girls makes the customer’s uncomfortable, cause the manager to be confrontational, and Sammy’s decision to quit his job. I had a connection with the three girls and Sammy because they stood up against conformity. They did not conform to how society thought they should dress. I am one to go to the beat of my own drum and not with everyone else. We all are individual people. We should think and do thing’s in our own way. We should never conform to what society want’s. This story was OK. At time’s Sammy would jump around from past to present. There were time’s that you didn’t know what was going on in the story until the narrator stated what was going on. The “A&P” was alright to …show more content…

“She looked back at him, erect, her face like a strained flag.” “She looked bloated, like a body long submerged in motionless water, and of that pallid hue.”
“Tradition Verses Change” is the theme of the story. As Emily got older things around her change. The older towns people wouldn’t collect taxes from her but the new towns people wants the taxes. There is also change in the South. Slavery is over but Emily has a black male working for her.
“A Rose for Emily” was an interesting story. This story kept you wondering what was going on in the mind of Emily. Rat poison, really? I wouldn't think in those times women wouldn’t result to those measures, you would think they would be scared to even think of killing someone with rat

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