Sammy’s attracted to Queenie; her physical appearance pleases him; her actions and attitude charms him; and her voice soothes him (836-837). She awakens the desire to distinguish himself as an individual against his coworkers; and consequently shifts my impression of Sammy. While he may be slightly biased towards Queenie, he identifies an important fact, “Policy is what the kingpins want. What the others want is juvenile delinquency” (838). He draws the line between the conformist and the deviants; Queenie, representing the deviant, and the rest of the store including himself as the conformist. Because Queenie is more sophisticated than he, Sammy impulsively tries to separate himself by defending the girls, going as far as quitting his job
