Both Updike's A&P and Joyce's Araby provide a similar theme that conveys a boy's infatuation for a girl and the hardships he has to go through, in order to acquire more experience in the complicated area of love. ... Because the narration of Updike's A&P is told by a young boy, the words used in description are obviously that of an obsessed teenager boy and his fantasies towards the opposite sex. ... One example of specific detail that is present in A &P, as well, is the "whiteness of the girl's skin" ("John Updike A&P and James Joyce's Araby.") ... All of his ...

• Word Count: 985
• Approx Pages: 4
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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...

• Word Count: 912
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate