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Page Number and Citation: 189. Cite this Quote. Explanation and Analysis: Unlock with LitCharts A +. The sheep pushing their carts down the aisle—the girls were walking against the usual traffic (not that we have one-way signs or anything)—were pretty hilarious. Related Characters: Sammy (speaker), Queenie.
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Symbols - A&P Quotes | Explanations with Page Numbers |...
- Themes
The narrator, Sammy, is 19 years old and inhabits an...
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Three girls walk into the A&P in their bathing suits, as...
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Three girls in bathing suits walk into the local A&P grocery...
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The girls in their bathing suits flaunt their wealth, as...
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Sammy, the narrator of the story, sarcastically observes the...
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Lengel is the A&P's manager. Also a Sunday school teacher,...
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Famous Quotes Explained. 1. You never know for sure how girls’ minds work (do you really think it’s a mind in there or just a little buzz like a bee in a glass jar?). Sammy speculates on the mental processes of girls early in the story, at the height of his confidence. Condescending and arrogant, he assumes that if he cannot understand the ...
- It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you. John Updike. Memories, People, Lovely.
- Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right or better. John Updike. Motivational, Inspiring, Education.
- I like old men. They can be wonderful bastards because they have nothing to lose. The only people who can be themselves are babies and old bastards. John Updike.
- Living is a compromise, between doing what you want and doing what other people want. John Updike. People, Doing What You Want, Compromise.
Sammy sees the A&P customers as stuck in a rut they don't want to get out of. One symptom of that is focusing on their shopping lists and ignoring everyone and everything around them, no matter what. 3. There's people in this town haven't seen the ocean for twenty years. Sammy.
512 quotes from John Updike: 'It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.', 'Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. ', and 'Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face.'.
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Like the slow sound of a great gong, yellow overspread the woods, from the tan of beech and ash to the hickory’s spotty gold and the Hat butter color of the mitten-shaped leaves of the sassafras, mitten that can have a thumb or two or none.”. ― John Updike, A&P: Lust in the Aisles. tags: autumn, autumn-leaves, autumn-quotes, fall. 1 likes ...
