1. Notice how artfully Updike arranges details to set the story in perfectly
ordinary supermarket. What details stand out for you as particularly ture to
life? What does this close attention to details contribute to the story?
2. How fully does Updike draw the character of Sammy? What traits (admirable or
otherwise) does Sammy show? Is he any less a hero for wanting the girls to
notice his heroism? To what extent is he more throughly and fully portrayed
than the doctor in "Godfather Death"?
3. What part of the story seems to be the
exposition?(See the definition of exposition in the discussion of plot
earlier in the chapter and in the Glossary.) Of what value to the story is
the carefully detailed portrait of Queenie, the leader of the three
girls?
4. As the story develops, do you detect any change in Sammy's feelings
toward the girls?
5.Where in A&P does the dramatic conflict become apparent?
What moment in the story bring the crisis? What is the climax of the story?
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