Explain How The Setting Of A & P Setting And How It Affects People

Setting And How It Affects People

Reading A&P reminded me of growing up in a relatively small town. With all the same feeling of such monotonous in everyday actions. As if following a routine for life, as if scripted how it ought to be.with the norms of the residents of it, nothing ever really changed, and neither did the closed mindedness of people around. the setting of A&P influentially dictates the people within the small beach front community, having a great impact of their own attitudes, behaviors, as well as their decisions and treatment of tourists differences.

Growing up in a small town I can relate to how it can influence your attitude towards certain things. It’s the brainwashing effect that people have on one another in the world. Simply enough if an action is deemed unholy from your church it’ll soon become a vital part of the small community’s norms. Much like in A&P when sammy states “I know you don't. But I do.”(A pocket of Anthology) is what I’d Call the straw that broke the camel's back, in his realization that if Sammy didn't get out while he had the chance he would soon be as miserable as Lengel, as well as the rest of the natives of his town. Ultimately changing his attitude to fit the criteria of his towns norms. …show more content…
It ultimately plays a role in who they become this is why we see so many differences between people from the east coast as opposed to the west coast, their lifestyle it becomes excruciatingly hard to change after being around those norms so long. In the store Lengel says to Sammy “it was they who were embarrassing us.” It’s ironic in him saying this, being that from what I analyzed in the story, the girls were just wanting to make a purchase, and