A&P

“A&P” written by John Updike takes place in 1961, in a supermarket called A&P located in a small New England town. The story is about a boys coming of age into manhood, Sammy decision to stand up for something he believes in shows his maturity. Sammy is eighteen-years old and an employee at A&E supermarket. Day after day, it is the same monotonous routine at A&P, the moment three girls walk in their bathing suits the dull routine is broken.