1. John Updike's "A & P"
Her father and the other men were standing around in ice-cream coats and bow ties and the women were in sandals picking up herring snacks on toothpicks off a big glass plate and they were all holding drinks the color of water with olives and sprigs of mint in them." (346) It's apparent that Sammy believes Queenie to be of a higher class than he, because when his "parents have someone over they get lemonade and if it's a real racy affair Schlitz in tall glasses with "They"ll do it every time" cartoons stenciled on." (346) When Sammy marked that Queenie and the other girls were "walkin...
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- Grade Level: High School