Brett Hubbs Dawn Brumfield 1123E March 28, 2000 Character Analysis Essay Sammy, in A&P by John Updike, plays a cashier at A&P grocery store. Sammy lives in a small country town in New England. He must be a college or high school student because he still lives with his parents. Sammy is quite intelligent and creative in the way he describes three girls that are dressed in bathing suits. Sammy is at work when they …showed first 75 words of 375 total…

…showed last 75 words of 375 total…the store and Sammy gets angry and tries to get Lengal to apologize to them. Sammy's heroic character gets the better of his when he tries one last time to get the girls to notice him by saying "I Quit" to his boss, but the girls leave anyway. Sammy is a quiet opinionated guy that jumps into his actions before thinking them through in his head. Works Cited Hubbs, Brett. Personel interview. 28 March, 2000. Updike, John.