A&P

A&P The story begins with Sammy a first person narrator, observing three girls that just walked into A&P market in bathing suits. Sammy works at the register with Stokesie (a minor character) who watches the girls every move up and down the aisles. The story twists and weaves through Sammy crush on the girl Queenie. The girls wearing their bathing suits in his store outrage Sammy’s boss Mr.Lengel (major character). So, he asks them to put clothes on or leave. The girls left without paying for the items that they took. Therefore, Mr.Lengel blamed Sammy for their thievery. Sammy tired of his boring job decided to quit and walked out in hopes he would find the girls. The theme to this story is a fall from innocence; because it shows a young man a&p, sammy, story, girls, because, walked, out, character, 19, young, year, trait, suits, quit, old, mrlengel, job, bravery, boss, being, bathing, wrote, works, without, weaves, wearing, watches, very, ups, updike, twists, trying, took, tired, through, three, thievery, therefore, theme, summer, store, stokesie, something, shows, short, search, sammy’s, said, rules, risks, resemble