Thursday, December 4, 2008
A&P John Updike's
John Updike's short story “A&P,” centers on a young immature and morally ambitious teenager who faces down the generation gap and, rather than bending to the dictates of the elders, rebels against them. The meaning of a&p is about conformity, and breaking free from the straight and narrow. The girls represent freedom and individuality, and the store and people within it represent conformity. Sammy is the person struggling to find his place in all this.
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Ok--good overview of an important aspect of the story's conflict. This could lead to some interesting discussion of specific details of setting, from the large--the overview of the town the narrator provides, which embeds the store--to the small--electric eyes, slots... Class conflict is part of this, too, right?
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