Character Analysis Of Sammy In John Updike's A & P

John Updike’s “A&P” presented a story of a young boy, Sammy, who worked at a

grocery store called A&P as a cashier from his father’s suggestion, five miles away from a

nearest beach. Throughout the story, Sammy faced the first challenge, which was how to get over

his pre-occupation, and which was the appearance of the three girls walking into the store just in

bathing suits. And that’s where Sammy’s last day of work started. In one second, the girls’

appearance caught Sammy’s eye, which he described as “a chunky kid, with a good tan and a

sweet broad soft-looking can with those two crescents of white just under it” (131). Of what

Sammy thought, his description did caught it right in his eye that interrupted his job. And as

Sammy