"A&P" life's hardest lessons are sometimes learned too little, too late. In the Story A&P, by John Updike, the main character, Sammy,a 22-year old cashier at a local grocery store in a small town just Noth of Boston. In a matter of a day, he goes from an Immature boy with unrealistic ideas and fantasies, to a man who is about to realize how life altering the choices he makes can be.
On a typical working day as Sammy, as always, works as cashier, he notices tree girls walking in the grocery store A&P. He watches the Girls looking for groceries, walking from aisle to aisle. He thinks about how freely th