Essays Tagged: "Lengel"
A&A by john Updike
ly a can of herring snacks, they eventually come back to the checkout lines. At about the same time Lengel, the store manager, came to the front of the store to see the girls dressed in only bathing s ... appropriate change. Directly after the sale, with the girls still near enough to hear him, he tells Lengel "I quit". Sammy hopes they will stop and see what he has done for them but, they keep walking ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
Symbolism in John Updike's "A & P"
ican style. The physical settings show us the spirit of the town and the mindset of its inhabitants.Lengel, the manager, is Sammy's boss and "has been a friend of his parents for years" (101). He look ... manager, he spends his time arguing over deliveries and hiding all day in his office. Sammy thinks "Lengel's pretty dreary, teaches Sunday school and the rest" (100). His coworker, Stokesie, is twenty ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
A & P Coming of Age
urn. Internal conflict in the protagonist Sammy begins. When the girls are at the checkout counter, Lengel confronts them over their choice of clothing. Throughout the entire ordeal, Sammy does not sa ... o illustrate the struggle in wanting to defend the girls yet also wanting to respect the boss. When Lengel asks whether Sammy has "rung up this purchase", he responds with no, however, "it wasn't abou ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Motives for the protagonist's gesture of protest in John Updike's "A&P".
a scene, they had all bunched up on Stokesie" (John Updike 1283). His attitude towards his manager, Lengel, was slightly disrespectful too. This is evident from his remark about him, "I forgot to say ... he world in general. His gesture of protest however, was not a result of a long -lived desire. When Lengel made an insulting remark at the girls, "Girls, this isn't the beach." (John Updike 1282), his ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
STORM
just thinks about his promotion in the store and wanting to be the head of the store. There is also Lengel, a member of a generation who cannot stand the girls' way of dressing. He cannot understand S ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Analysis of the short story "A&P" by Updike
nd appearances. Then when the girls come up to the Sammy's cashier to check out, the store manager, Lengel sees them and scolds them for dressing inappropriately in a public store. This embarrasses th ... he store immediately after Sammy rings up their purchase. To impress the girls, Sammy quickly tells Lengel that he quits because of the way Lengel treated the girls. Lengel gives him the chance to cha ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
A&P
's sensitivity to the girls peaks with his righteous indignation over the treatment of the girls by Lengel, who is relying on policy to label them indecent. Sammy senses the unfairness of the situatio ... t the beach or in the A&P. He even admits that he's a rebel, although a reluctant one, when Mr. Lengel reminds him of what his action of quitting will mean to his parents: "Sammy, you don't want t ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American