The Epic Change to Maturity While learning the narrator Sammy in John Updike’s story ‘’ A&P’’ the immature teen seems to be a humorous young boy but not yet fully develop into adult hood in the beginning of the story. The ingrate narrator seems to first shows that he is a detailed oriented type of boy as he observes everything about these three girls. He gets his attention grabbed by experiencing the three girls whom is seen by him wearing bathing suits in which one attracts him the most then, showing his immaturity by describing figures of both the girls and a customer in a humorous way also considering his customers in the store as ‘’ sheep’’. Then, the narrator seems to grow into maturity by seeing the way the three girls were being approached or perhaps treated by Lengel and by them being embarrassed in such away, he lastly decides to take it upon his self to impress these girls by ‘’ quitting’’. To Begin with, Sense the moment the girls have arrived in the store, Sammy has been objectifying their body and judging them in a sense of humor. They seem to attract the gaze of Sammy and now, he sees the power of their sexuality. The narrator talks about how one of the girls had first caught his attention. In the story the narrator stated ‘’ The one that caught my eye first was the one in the plaid green two-piece. She was a chunky kid, with a good tan and a sweet broad soft-looking can with those two crescents of white just under it,