Thursday, November 22, 2007
A&P
This short story is about a man working as a cashier at a grocery store. While he's working, he spots girls wearing bathing suits which instantly grabs his attention and admiration. He's only fond of one girl, but describes all of them in detail. Soon the manager comes up and makes the girls exit the building because he finds their attire unsuitable for the setting. He attempts to charm the girls by siding with their malcontent, he tells his boss that he quits. The girls don't notice, the boss suggests he's only going to be hurting his future. He then exits, the girls are gone and then looks back inside only to notice the grocery store is functioning as usual. Making his attempt to interrupt and define society and its norms a failure. I think the theme is about social norms and how changing them is difficult.
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You're last few commedents are very interesting... yes, the store goes on "functioning as usual," and this does seem to comment on Sammy's actions, leaving us with a question. Should we just chalk it up to his youth? Hmmm... think about how this story might foreshadow events in America and Europe in the mid-late 1960s, and whether or not these (primarily youthful) rebellions shared a similar fate.... Also, please see my comments on Albert's blog.
This story is clearly about adolescent and how they often take life from granted. There is no responsibility, no bills to pay. I am sure for this character was not the first teenage horny boy who shows interest in girls and act this way, nor will he be last, even in today society we see this behavior, life lessons and what we will and can learn from it.
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