A&P
...at Stokesie is a loser because he is twenty-two, with a family, and works in the A & P. He thinks that being a manager there is nothing to be proud of. This is one of the reasons why Sammy will eventually quit. He wants to go somewhere where he can “be his own boss.” This feeling is typical of most teenagers. They don’t like being bossed around, and they sure don’t like their managers. Young people today, think that the world revolves around them. They think their job is sucks and that when they quit, they will find a job where they will make big money. But, most of the time, after they leave, they find out that they really have no place to go. We already know that Sammy wants to be a leader. When he sees the three girls, he admires one whom he calls, “Queenie,” because she seems to be the leader of the three. When John Updike writes, “…but you got the idea she [Queenie] had talked the other two into coming in here with her, and now she was showing them how to do it, walk slow and hold yourself straight,” he is showing Sammy’s admiration for leadership. He likes the fact that Queenie made the other two girls come. He wants to be just like that. Where most young people have role models and people who they want to be like, Sammy’s role model is Queenie. Young people today, think that the world revolves around them. They think their job sucks, and that when they quit, they will find a job where they will make big money. But, in reality, most of the time, after they leave, they find out that they really have no place to go. Sammy’s reasons for quitting are that he wants ...