Essay on AP Short Story - 803 Words

Professor Al Osborn, M.A English1302.011 February 9, 2007 AP. Discuss John Updikes short story, AP is fictional in a sense that it has a common pattern that leads the reader through a series of events. These events began when three young ladies in bathing suits walk in AP, and catch the eye of a young man named, Sammy. He seems to favor the chunkier girl of the three that walk in to the store. As the story continues, Sammy curiously watches the provocative young ladies as they stroll through the store looking for groceries. In this fictional story, Sammy describes all three noticeable ladies, the main girl, Queenie he describes her as the leader of the two other girls. The second young lady he described was the†¦show more content†¦Its our policy.(51) During the arguing, customers started showing up, watching the argument take place at the register. In this event Updike made it known how embarrassed the girls were, he described Queenie as furious and nervous, it wasnt just Queenie that was embarrassed, the ot her two were also blushing with embarrassment. After the girls left, which now leads us to the depressing part of the story, when Sammy quits his job, hoping the girls would see his courageous deed. Unfortunately, they were not able to see him quit his job, because they walked out furiously. Sammy told Lengel, he didnt have to embarrass the girls in that manner, and Lengel responded, It was they who were embarrassing us. (52) It was not the girls intention to embarrass the store. They were just buying groceries; they wanted to be in and out of the store. Sammy realized that the girls did not mean any harm, so he stood up for them. Lengel argued that they were embarrassing the store and the employees. Sammy stuck to his beliefs, that the young ladies were actually buying groceries and not looking for attention. 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