A&P Character Analysis

In the short legend, A & P, John Updikes character, Sammy, is a clerk at the A&P supermarket. His thoughts, language, and attitude through stunned the story indicate he is a narrow-minded, cynical, typical teenager with a strong curiosity in the opposite sex and an extreme sense of detail. The A&P store is located right in the middle of a runtyer type town, where everyone knew one another. He interprets one customer as being old, fatigue and unable to relate to young lot only because the customer was elderly, is an example of being cynical.Sammys intensive opinions and interpretations proved his lack of knowledge outside the small town. For example, he is disrespectful in his thoughts towards the A & P customers, seeing them as sheep and houseslaves. This is the part that it becomes obvious that he does not care about the customers and is unhappy at his job. Sammys aspiration for Queenie, which begins simply as a young mans attention in a pretty girl, ends up being wherefore Sa mmy stood up to his boss and quit A & P.Sammys unhappiness with his job is shown throughout the whole story with his negative comments about the different people walking through the store. Sammy spoke of his manager having a very fine sense of observation, noting the manager didnt like the means Sammy smiled. As the girls were leaving the store, Sammy had a vision of how happy he would be to be able to leave the store with them. Thinking quickly, Sammy decided to tell his boss he quit, saying in a loud like voice, hoping to be loud enough for the girls to hear him.After Sammy had said the words I quit there was no way to take back what he had said, it was a done deal, and he couldnt back out from quitting now. Sammy quickly folded his apron laying it on the counter. Walking out to the parking lot, only to find the girls were gone. His effort of trying to be a hero to the girls by standing up to his boss was not a success. thither here stood, in the parking lot, looking in the store window, wondering to himself if he had just made the right choice.