A and P was a very descriptive story. The artistic appeal of the story was the characteristation of Sammy. Sammy through out the story started out as critical, then was observation and lastly he showed his compasion side.
At the beginning of the story Sammy seemed very bitter and critical. Sammy seemed very bored while he stood there rining up people. His critical attitude and bitterness showed as he referred to an older women as a "cash-register shopperâ