RR #1 John Updikes “A&P” In the story A&P by John Updike, Sammy is a local grocery clerk in a small New England town. He is a young man thrown into conflict with his much older manager, Lengel over some young female customers. Sammy is especially intrigued with one girl in particular and struggles to distinguish between adolescent fantasies of romance and the reality of the responsibility his manager has placed on him as …showed first 75 words of 1019 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1019 total…choice. Somehow, the girls have changed his perspective on life. His initial reason for quitting was wrong and he realizes it but he has had an epiphany about himself. He now knows he is no longer willing to try to meet what in his mind seem to be unrealistic expectations of society and this road will be difficult but at least he has chosen a path to begin this first step toward becoming a man.