John Updike’s story “A&P” is a literary masterpiece that reveals the expectations of a man at the prime of his youth and an old manager in a society that is seemingly so strict on social ideals. Told from the first person point of view, the story is a strong way to show what the character Sammy learns in the shop as he develops his personality traits through the buyers and the manager. Written in the present simple tense, the story proves to be more appropriate for oral presentation. The purpose
John Updike’s “A&P” demonstrates through several methods the struggle that unwritten principle can place on women in their search for individuality and personal freedom from oppression. Sammy’s thoughts demonstrate this very concept, as well as Queenie’s actions as an independent woman, and the unfair and morally unjust establishment of a woman’s place by the oppressive male characters. With these ideas, Queenie is clearly represented as an innocent feminist who is ultimately shunned by her male
Introduction: As America grows ever more diverse, the question of what it means to be an American yields an increasingly complicated answer. Nevertheless, Diversity is a key part of the answer. Whether cultural , religious or racial diversity. Thus the American identity had always been a crucial topic in the Academic field. Leading to researches about the American identity formation, each of them advancing a hypothesis. Literature can play an important role in the formation of various form of