A&P

Throughout the entire story the main character Sammy tells a lot about himself, but most of it is indirectly. The disgust he shows when talking about everyone's mundane routines shows that he has rebellious tendencies. He describes the girls in such detail that it becomes obvious he has entered the phase of chasing women. Towards the end when Lengel mentions how Sammy doesn't want to quit and do that to his parents he thinks "It's true, I don't" which shows he cares about his parents and wants to do good by them. Sammy's primary motivation for quitting his job is to break away from the status quo. He does not want to end up like Stokesie and the rest of suburbia. There is a revolution about to happen and he wants to be a part of it. The girls came in and showed him that social norms aren't always right and dont always make sense. Aside from that I think he was very attracted to these girls and wanted to impress them by standing up for them.