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The theme of John Updikes' "A&P" is of one that everyone can relate. He tells a story of a young man named Sammy who is a checkout clerk at an A & P supermarket north of Boston, Mass. During the story Sammy is observing three young ladies in bikinis walking around the store shopping. The story concludes by the ladies being reprimanded by the manger and Sammy quitting. Updike follows a theme where for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
John Updike uses Sammy to show that for each choice made there is a consequence equal to the choice. When Sammy quits his job after Lengel embarrasses the girls, Sammy realizes life will become much harder for him. If Sammy were to quit every time a situation that he did not like or agree with arises life would become increasingly complicated, because of his poorly thought out rash decisions he would be branded a trouble maker or a misfit in the area where he lives. He would also be looked down on because of his individuality.......

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