In the group of girls, “Queenie” is the girl that Sammy likes, “She held her head so high her neck, coming up out of those white shoulders, looked kind of stretched, but I didn’t mind” (Updike 202). When, the girls come in one day, with just their bath suit Lengel sees this and does not like it he says, “Girls this isn’t the beach” (Updike 203). Lengel says this in front of everyone and Sammy sees this is embarrassing: Queenie “Queenie’s blush is no sunburn now” (Updike 203). When Sammy saw how embarrassed the girls were he tells Lengel “You didn’t have to embarrass them like that” (Updike 204). This incident was breaking point for Sammy to quit his
In the group of girls, “Queenie” is the girl that Sammy likes, “She held her head so high her neck, coming up out of those white shoulders, looked kind of stretched, but I didn’t mind” (Updike 202). When, the girls come in one day, with just their bath suit Lengel sees this and does not like it he says, “Girls this isn’t the beach” (Updike 203). Lengel says this in front of everyone and Sammy sees this is embarrassing: Queenie “Queenie’s blush is no sunburn now” (Updike 203). When Sammy saw how embarrassed the girls were he tells Lengel “You didn’t have to embarrass them like that” (Updike 204). This incident was breaking point for Sammy to quit his