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to me, it seemed like there wasn't a climax. well maybe finally hitting the final word of the story and it was all over. hahaa i really thought that a & p was one of the worst reads in my lit class. if anything, i guess the climax would be Sammy quitting, but it's just my opinion that people have been quitting minimum wage jobs since the day the were invented. i went through it, just like a million other people. i could have written a more interesting story about some old dude buying a loaf of bread at A & P. no offense to updike, but this one stinks!
The climax is, as the above writer stated, in the final sentence of the story. However, it is not climactic action, so much as climactic emotion that Updike is presenting in A&P. The story is not about Sammy's minimum wage job. It is not about the three wealthy, bikini-clad girls shopping for tinned herring. To some extent, it is not even about Sammy himself. A&P is at once an analysis of class relations and a coming of age story. It is necessary to understand this context to arrive at a satisfactory climax for this story.
The climax comes when Sammy realizes how hard life will be from this point forward. He isn't referring to being unemployed. Instead, he is referring to, in those few moments at the A&P, having grown up. He has come to an understanding of how the world works, and it wasn't at all like he expected. His gallant resignation on behalf of three girls he did not know didn't change anything, didn't prove any grand points. The climax is Sammy's realization of his relative insignificance in the scheme of how the world really works. In essence, the climax of A&P serves as the beginning of another, albeit untold, story. The story of Sammy living his life as a man, instead of as a boy.
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What is the plot of A and P by John Updike?
What is the main plot of John Updike short story AP
What is the tone in AP by John Updike?
The tone of A&P is very sexist as it is told form the feminist perspective. Throughout the story, John Updike's protagonist, Sammy, degrades the girls who come into the store judging them and comparing them to objects of disgust or desire.
What is AP style of writing look like?
Look for an AP story in your newspaper; it will evidence the style.
What has the author John Ap Thomas Jones written?
John Ap Thomas Jones has written: 'The retrospect' -- subject(s): Accessible book
Who is the scientist whose life story was attached to the Ap?
newton
The names AP or UPI in the dateline tell you that the story was written by a?
Wire service
Airport code for John Wayne Airport?
AP ID: SNA ICAO: KSNA
According to The Philosophy of Composition what did Poe achieve when he wrote this stanza?
The "unity of effect" is greater in a short poem that can be read all at once. - (APEX)
When did Llywelyn ap Maredudd ap Llywelyn ap Maredudd ap Cynan die?
Llywelyn ap Maredudd ap Llywelyn ap Maredudd ap Cynan died in 1263.
Who was the first vice president to take over as president?
John Tyler, I had to look it up for an AP test
Can AP be applied before a welsh girl's last name?
No. There is a distinction between the fixed surnames that 99% of Welsh people use today, like Evans or Davies; and the so-called patronymics, where in Welsh you would use "ap" in combination with the father's first name Only a few Welsh surnames have retained the 'ap', as in the surname 'Upjohn"; later, more often an 's' was added, leading to surnames like Roberts (short for Robert's child). A Welsh girl by the way would never use 'ap', since it means 'son of'.Furthermore, you don't add ap to a surname, but to the father's first name. If that father were called e.g. James Davies, the son would then be called John ap James and not John ap Davies. For a daughter, ap would become ferch and Mary Davies would become 'Mary ferch James'.
What has the author John Roque written?
John Roque has written: 'Ap lan of the Cities of London and Westminster, and Borough of Southwark, with the contiguous buildings' -- subject(s): Maps
