A & P

The short story of John Updike’s “A&P” is ironic and interesting. The main hero, a young cashier, has nothing else to do than to observe the customers and give them sharp and funny characteristics. He calls his first client “one of these cash-register-watchers, a witch about fifty and “if she’d…

‘A &P’ by John Updike’s work of fiction is staged in such a way to bring some mixed feelings depending on the readers’ perception of reality. Despite being a work of fiction, A& P reflects American society immediately after the world war. Closely choosing the characters to represent the two…