The stories Saving Sourdi and A&P have two interesting main characters Nea and Sammy. Nea is a young Asian American girl that is from South Dakota and Sammy is a Nineteen year old boy from Massachusetts. In both of their stories they try and rescue people from situations that they make out to bigger than it is. Nea trying to save her sister and Sammy trying to save three girls that come into his store. They are both rescuers in their own sense but, they both ultimately end up falling short.
Nea spends almost the entirety of the story trying to protect her sister Sourdi from boys and things that she thinks will separate them. Nea wants it to be her sister and her against the world and that’s the way it is until boys and men start interrupting …show more content…
Sammy works at a grocery chain store known as A&P. He works as a cashier and doesn’t particularly like his job or really anyone he works with. He spends his time judging everyone inside of his head as they go about their day inside of the story. He doesn't have many nice things to say about anyone up until three girls walk into the store and it's like he put into a transes. I’m sure it was that the three girls were in bikini’s. He sits behind his register staring at these girls as they walk by aisle after aisle. Examining every detail of their bodies and depicting what he thinks is there stasis in their little clique. He picks out the leader of the clique and names her Queenie in his head and it seems he is drawn to her and her friends. It like he see’s them as freedom and joy in life and he is stuck in his job where he is forced to conform and work. When the girls finally come up to the counter and try to pay for the item that they had came in for they are greeted by the manager. Lengal, and is very proper and no nonsense type of man. He barks at the girls telling them how they shouldn't be dressed as if they were at the beach if they were gonna shop there. Sammy doesn't like Lengal going after his girls and he shows on his face. Lengal then asks if he had rang the girls up after he was done scolding at them for their appearance. After he rings them and before the girls leave out of the store he quits in an attempt to try
Nea spends almost the entirety of the story trying to protect her sister Sourdi from boys and things that she thinks will separate them. Nea wants it to be her sister and her against the world and that’s the way it is until boys and men start interrupting …show more content…
Sammy works at a grocery chain store known as A&P. He works as a cashier and doesn’t particularly like his job or really anyone he works with. He spends his time judging everyone inside of his head as they go about their day inside of the story. He doesn't have many nice things to say about anyone up until three girls walk into the store and it's like he put into a transes. I’m sure it was that the three girls were in bikini’s. He sits behind his register staring at these girls as they walk by aisle after aisle. Examining every detail of their bodies and depicting what he thinks is there stasis in their little clique. He picks out the leader of the clique and names her Queenie in his head and it seems he is drawn to her and her friends. It like he see’s them as freedom and joy in life and he is stuck in his job where he is forced to conform and work. When the girls finally come up to the counter and try to pay for the item that they had came in for they are greeted by the manager. Lengal, and is very proper and no nonsense type of man. He barks at the girls telling them how they shouldn't be dressed as if they were at the beach if they were gonna shop there. Sammy doesn't like Lengal going after his girls and he shows on his face. Lengal then asks if he had rang the girls up after he was done scolding at them for their appearance. After he rings them and before the girls leave out of the store he quits in an attempt to try