... (12). Sammy describes most of the customers in the A & P as animals (Peck). The adults become "sheep pushing their carts down the aisle" (Updike 13) and "scared pigs in a chute" (16). Sammy's voice and humorous descriptions of the supermarket undercut the serious situation apparent at the story's end. ... at each other much anyway, and another thing in the cool of the A & P, under the fluorescent lights, against all those stacked packages" (Updike 14). Contrastingly, when Lengel confronts the girls about their dress, Sammy jumps to their defense by quitting his job. Sammy states, "I kno...

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