Character Analysis: John Updike A&P

John Updikes narrative entitled A&P is a narration of a humanity who seeks for his personal identity and pride. The narrator of this tommyrot is also the main character Sammy. This protagonist is a simple man a grocery clerk and an observer.Because of this job, Sammy used to observe his costumers and the ambiance of the A&P. However, due to one situation that occurred into the grocery store, Sammy realizes m both things and gives him certain actions that changed his spirit. creation the main character of the store, Sammy shows different emotions happy, angry, sad, confused, and puzzled. That is why Sammy is a picture of transforming identity from the arising up to the end of the story.In terms of sympathy towards Sammys character, I have seen that Updike uses different factors and elements to show emotions and actions coming from the main character. It is to provide conflict, climax, and answer to the story. the author sympathize with Sammys character that can be seen in t he end of the story where Sammy realizes that he has no job and the worlds will non be a better place for him anymore.This part shows sympathy in a sense that the author makes the character realize the fact of life and did not only release the solution of the conflict. Updike shows the entirelyification and idea of Sammy later on he quit his job, which is a form of sympathy to the character.Because the character comes from a middle class, the language is casual and straight. In the beginning of the story, we could see that Sammy is very(prenominal) observant with people or with his environment. When Sammy wants to express his feelings, he shows it directly without any form of pretention.From this fact, it defines the identity of Sammy as a normal character with haughtiness and pride. However, the way he describes things or people is dramatic in a sense that he provides accurate imagination to feel and understand his perceptions. As the story goes by, we could able to show that Sammy starts to express his actions and words together that changed his path.Sammy is easy touched by his environment. This is the most significant trait that he showed end-to-end the story. From the beginning up to the end of the story, Sammy establishes a concept of being affected to everything that happens in his environment. From this fact, we could distinguish that Sammy is a composition of attraction, curiosity, inferiority, and distinction. All these factors rehabilitate the intellectual and actions of Sammy towards other people like Quennie and Lengel.In my own observation, I can enjoin that Sammys persona is dynamic because his actions and motivations are not stable. As the story goes on, Sammys personality elevate from one factor to another. In the beginning of the story, Sammy is an observant. When he saw Queenie in a swim suit, he started to try out things. When Lengel enters the scene and confronts the ladies in swim suit, Sammy talks to Lengel. When Sammy entails that Lengels actions are illogical, he quits his job. His actions had a process to establish his character not just a static formation of his identity.From all of these, I can check out that Sammy is a good character that can be played. He is limber enough to adjust in different scenarios. This is what I like with his character. evening if he is prank, direct, and weird character, there is a concept of intelligence that lies deep down his persona. It shows that Sammy was not easily manipulated by his environment but he could think and become supple to show who he really is.Work CitedUpdike, John. A&P.