Submitted by integrajoe on October 3, 2007

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A&Amp;P Essay

I chose to write about the short story “A&P.” The story takes place in a small town in the late 60’s, in a vacation town of sorts with a general store, few residents. What I received from the setting, was a very low maintenance town where “everybody knows everybody” (very tight community) most likely old school beliefs and structures (religion, dress code, ethics, morals, ext…strict) and for a short time tourists come to live for a while, and in a sense shake up the foundation of the town a bit with their outside beliefs and values.
Sammy, the main character, is nineteen and has or had, as I should say after reading the story, a job working as a checkout clerk at the local...

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