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Questions about the works of the American novelist, poet, short-story writer and literary critic John Updike (1932 – 2009) and his life as a writer.
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Why does Sammy feel sorry in Updike's "A&P"?
In John Updike's short story A&P, the narrator Sammy has been ogling a group of customers at the A&P store:
In walks these three girls in nothing but bathing suits. I'm in the third check-out slot …