Fiction Literature pg. 19

The Details in the story are true to life in many ways. For example, the girls in swim suits being gawked at by the men, and also the head of the pack. These details and more help the reader to relate to the situation.

The character of Sammy is not portrayed particularly well. The audience gets the idea that he is only interested in material thing by the way he talks about the girls and stares a lot. Although he wanted the girls to notice the hero in him I don't necessarily think that makes him any less a hero because he knew that he would have trouble after he quits.

The exposition of the story is given in the first paragraph. It sets the story in a grocery story it portrays it to be about the three girls in swim suits. "Queenie" is carefully portrayed in the story in order to capture the attention of the audience and make them feel the way Sammy does.

As the story progresses, Sammy seems to feel the same way toward the girls throughout.

The dramatic conflict in the story becomes apparent when the manager walks in. The crisis arrives when he tells the girls they can not be dressed like that while in the store. The climax takes place when Sammy says he quits.

Sammy quits his job because he believes that the manager treated the girls unfairly and should not have embarrassed them.

I didn't see anything in the story earlier that would have foreshadowed Sammy's actions. I was surprised when he quit.

After Sammy quits his job he says that the world is going to be hard. Maybe this is said because it is hard to get a job at this time. The object the girls bought did not cost much. Maybe this story took place a long time ago and money and jobs were hard to come by.

Updike, through Sammy, make the comment that society at the supermarket are like sheep. They do what they always do and don't mind anyone else's business.

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