Sammy's Role In "A&P"
There are many different interpretations of Sammy's role in A&P. T here are several that have been considered but the one that I have picked is the is Sammy a Womanizer by trying to lead the girls in to licking him or is he just quitting to become more successful than working at an A&P for the rest of his life like his manager has done. In the short story "A&P" by John Updike its main character Sammy didn't cross the line on being a womanizer.
From the moment the three girls "Queenie", "that chunky one", and "the tall one"- entered the supermarket he acted like a normal typical man, Sammy couldn't keep his eyes off them. So much in fact that the girl's were a big distraction, " I stood there with my hand on a box of HiHo crackers trying to remember if I rang it up or not". He watched the girls every movement as if they were the only thing that mattered to him at that time; "Â…the girls had circled around the bread and were coming backÂ…" and then they all three of them went up......
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