... her (468)."" However the third girl is seen in a very different light, she is referred to as "The Queen."" Sammy goes on to say "She kind of led them ( ) she just walked straight on slowly, on these long prima-donna legs (469)."" The reader can deduct that she is the leader of the three, the domineering one. She is the tall, pretty ... their presence. The girls are unique to the interior and contents of the store. Updike contrasts them to the dull "checker-board green and cream-rubber-tile floor (469)."" And goes on to say, "The sheep pushing their carts down the aisle-the girls were wa...

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• Grade Level: High School

... with a beautiful but inaccessible girl whose allure excites him into confusing his sexual impulses for those of honor and chivalry- (Wells 127). Sammy solely views them as sex objects. He goes from noticing how little the girls are wearing, to what they are not wearing, to finally focusing on their bare skin. He initially notices that they are wearing "nothing but ... epithet points to. The thought that his mother, or his wife to be, might herself deserve something more generous than loathing for having "varicose veins, like those, mapping the shoppers legs- (Updike 312), does not break...

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... with a beautiful but inaccessible girl whose allure excites him into confusing his sexual impulses for those of honor and chivalry- (Wells 127). Sammy solely views them as sex objects. He goes from noticing how little the girls are wearing, to what they are not wearing, to finally focusing on their bare skin. He initially notices that they are wearing "nothing but ... epithet points to. The thought that his mother, or his wife to be, might herself deserve something more generous than loathing for having "varicose veins, like those, mapping the shoppers legs- (Updike 312), does not break...

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... how the girls embarrassment at the hands of the manager makes him feel "scrunchy (para 31)" inside and by referring to himself as their "unsuspected hero (para 22)" after he goes through with his "gesture (para 31)." Upon closer scrutiny, it does not seem believable that Sammy would have quit his job in defense of girls whom he clearly despises, despite ... out the quick judgment that Sammy makes about her personality and social status, even though there is no real evidence of its accuracy. From the description of her "prima donna legs (para 2)", To his imagery of her teaching her frien...

• Word Count: 1947
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School