Updike’s "a&p"

There are several main events that take place in Updike's "A&P." The first being when the

girls first walked into the A&P wearing nothing but bathing suites. Sammy was in the process of

ringing up the old witch's items knowing that she was a register watcher. He was struggling with

not making a mistake ringing up her merchandise while at the same time taking notice to the lack

of clothing the girls were wearing. Also the fact that he did indeed make a mistake while ringing

her up which meant he had to focus all of his attention on correcting the problem and pleasing

the witch so she could be on her way.

The second main event occurred when the girls came around the corner approaching the check

out lanes. Sammy was hoping they were going to come thru his isle instead of Stokesie's isle.

He glanced over at Stokesie's isle and noticed that an old fellow in baggy, gray pants had just

stumbled up to purchase four giant cans of pineapple juice. The girls approached Sammy's

vacant isle with only a jar of Herring snacks. He was wondering where the money was going to

come from since the only clothing they were wearing were bathing suites. I think he was about

to faint when he noticed that she pulled a folded dollar bill out of the hollow at the center of her

nubbled pink top. I feel at this point he was struggling to keep his composure so that he did not

drool all over