A&P

The story of A&P is of a feminist protest. It takes place back in 1961, and back then there was alot of different things going on one of them being womens rights. I think these girls were part of this so called generation. Updike states that [L]engel says to the girls,"this isn't the beach"(Updike 227). Queenie starts to blush at what Lengel had said to her and says"My mother asked me to pick up a jar of herring snacks"(Updike 227). Lengel was fine with that, he just wasn't fine with how they were dressed in two piece swimsuits. The girls weren't doing anything wrong, they just had to get one thing. It didn't matter to Lengel either,"we want you decently dressed when you come in here"(Updike 227). This is the main reason that Sammy quit his job at the A&P. He wanted to impress those girls, to be there hero. This is where Sammy had is epiphany and it was very short lived. As he walked outside and turned to look at the A&P he realized just how hard the world was going to be from then on.