In the A&P Plot and Harrison Bergeron, the main characters are classified as heroes because of their willingness to defy the authorities around them, as well as their willingness to strike out on their own instead of adhering to social norms; whether it is the store manager Lengel in A&P or the Handicapper General in Harrison Bergeron. ... The hero of "A&P" is Sammy, the anxious checkout clerk storyteller, and the other hero is Harrison Bergeron, the intellectually and physically advantaged boy for whom the story bears its name. ... When reading the short story "A & P" you...

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