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Published: 01.11.2005.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'A Chauvinst with a a Dream ("A&P", by John Updike).', 1.
Extract

In John Updikes's short story "A&P", Sammy serves as the 'male chauvinist' character, providing explicit descriptions of woman. On a Thursday afternoon in the summer, this young supermarket checkout boy, uses the innocence of three young girls to acquire his aspiration for a better life.
From the very beginning of the story we are served with the perception on how Sammy views women, "...nothing but bathing suits."(89) The one girl to catch his attention first was the chunky one with a two-piece plaid bathing suit on that showed off her "sweet broad soft-looking can", he even noti…

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