'Character Analysis - Sammy in John Updike\'s A&P'

'Who is Sammy? In the all of a sudden chronicle A&P, Sammy serves as the protagonist, master(prenominal) character and narrator. The story is t aging from his show up of view, which I believe is real interesting because the level changes if this story is told from whizz of the other characters point of view. This story takes places in a subaltern conservative biotic community with conservative views. Sammy is a 19 form old who kit and caboodle as a cashier at A&P grocery in a gnomish town. Sammy freighter be described in many bureaus. He is very doctrinal and observant of his surroundings. From the head start of the story Sammy is seen as somewhat immature. Sammy seems to be very dulled in his conjecture besides alternatively taken with its customers. I can associate to that somewhat. Retail can be so boring and routine at quantify that you have to do something to help the condemnation go by. He comments on everyone and everything. This serves as his entertain ment to set about through the day.\nIn the story he quickly analyzes the girls as they come in the store. In fact, in the very primary sentence Sammy says in walks these three girls in nothing but bathing suits (Updike 32). It is instead an attention grabber. Sammy finds or so state in town ar followers and do the same thing. However, he notices Queenie is contrastive. He is close to infatuated by her sweet ample soft-looking can (Updike 33). establish on the way he describes the girls he seems to judge people based on appearances. He depicts everything from the cereal and patterns of their bathing suits to the different boundaries of their tan lines. Sammy describes the girls nicer in comparison to how he described the old lady and the check-out procedure lane. He goes on to call Queenie a leader. She acts different, walks different, and dresses differently than others in town. Sammy described nearly people in town as sheep. They all talked and dressed the same w ay. I think Sammy rattling the likes ofs this girl and hoped by quitting his job and standing(a) up for her she would like him back. \nQ...'