"I Quit" match

of a baby. However, when you reach transition, the delivery is almost over. This is the point when you want to quit. I remember believing by faith God would give me the ability to deliver Micah naturally. When I finally went into labor, I was excited. Ignorance is bliss! Anyhow, I had a long and difficult labor. When it came time to push, I was exhausted. I recall after pushing for over three long hours, I said, “I quit!” The doctor said, “You can’t quit, it is too late. Push, Donna, you can do it.” I remember thinking this is crazy, but I did not quit and pushed. Within minutes it was over. I learned a lot from the experience. Just when you think you cannot do one more thing, push one more time, pay one more bill, DON’T QUIT! You can do it. As a matter of fact, you can do whatever you put your mind to – no matter how painful or difficult. You can do it! On May 1, 2006, I had the best day since surgery in December 2005. The sun was out when I woke up. It was a beautiful day. If you have ever dealt with pain, then you understand the weather affects a body greatly. My neck was strong and my pain was minimal. I had direction in my heart and excitement about my future. It was a good day! A day I had longed for over sixteen months – a day when I began to think it would end and…

not hesitate at all to deliberately say, “Girls, this isn’t the beach” (199). This is creating an awkward atmosphere for everyone and it almost makes Sammy look like a bad employee. Lengrel goes on to say somewhat offensive statements like “We want you decently dressed when you come in here” (199). Even though Lengel is doing his job, he is taking it to a new extent that can be taken offensively to the girls. This does backfire and makes the girls offended, so Queenie replies, “We are decent”…

another. Queenie, one of the girls Sammy nicknames, and the other two girls show him a way of going against this by wearing bathing suits to the A&P store and mix things up a bit. Sammy, before quitting his job, removes his A&P bow tie and apron expressing his agenda like the girls by using clothing as a form of activism. Sammy goes from complaining to doing something. Sammy quits his job in the A&P store because Lengel, the store manager, who was about to go into his office until he sees the…

my inspiration ever since I was little. Some people can say the same thing, but some can say their father wasn’t like my dad. Even my dad couldn’t say that his father was his inspiration. His dad left him just when he was an eight year old boy, and would come back when he turned sixteen. Only to leave yet again and not speak to my dad until he was forty. Sitting outside on the steps as my dad and I watch our dogs run around after each other. The glow from the sun is slowly fading to the…

because I thought I was going to die. My entire life is me using electronic media, with the exception of when I’m sleeping. Only being able to use my laptop for homework and nothing else, felt like I was going to break into a million pieces. I started my journey on Friday, May 20th through Saturday, May 21st. Little did I know, this was going to be harder than I expected. On the first day, when I woke up that morning, I was not excited. My first instinct was to grab my phone and get on…

fluent interaction with others. An example of supportive communication would be correcting one's mistake, giving positive criticism and acknowledge the good one has done. A couple of years ago, I worked as…

Privilege is what I consider, an advantage a group of individuals have over everyone else in society. They can live their lives without having to modify to anything they encounter. This includes being able to go shopping, and having a plethora of options because the stores offers mainly your size. This also, includes being able to get a job because you have a “clean” appearance. A person is privileged, when they are not constantly being followed by sales associates in the store. Privilege is…

the girls’ scandalous attire has captured Lengel’s attention, making him walk to Sammy’s checkout line. When Lengel comes over he informs the girls that the store “isn’t the beach” (Updike 92) and how, “We want you decently dressed when you come in here” (Updike 93). Sammy begins to feel sorry for the girls as he notices one of the girls blushing. He’s upset at Lengel for he continues to embarrass the girls in front of everyone, when suddenly Sammy sees this as an opportunity to stand up for the…

In the short story "A&P" by John Updike, the protagonist, Sammy, quits his job at the end of the story. It is clear that life will not be easy for him after this. Although it is never an appropriate idea to suddenly quit a job, Sammy’s boredom with his job, his disinclination for his manager, and his attempt to impress the girls he felt were wronged, are feasible reasons behind his ultimate decision to quit his job. Throughout the story, there are countless instances described that could lead…

In addition to that, at the beginning of the story, Sammy looked like someone who never stands up for himself. For example, Sammy did not get his job on his own. Rather his parents helped him get the job without Sammy finding a job on his own. However, towards the end, he did what he believed was good and stood up for himself. At the beginning of the story, Sammy was more impulsive. When he quit his job, he was acting upon his impulse, not his intellect. But after when he quit, Sammy sincerely…