Compare and Contrast 2 short stories: `A&P` and `Araby`

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Compare and Contrast Two Short Stories

Araby by James Joyce and A

by John Updike are two short stories that are very similar in the way that they were written , as well as in the lessons that they wanted to impart to the audience . A

is a story about a teenage boy working as a cashier in a grocery store . One day while working , a group of girls about his age entered the grocery store The three girls were minding their own business doing

grocery shopping but Sammy , the protagonist in the story , could not help but notice and watch them as they go around . This is because the girls were wearing only their swimsuits and were barefoot . It was unusual for Sammie , and the rest of the staff in the store , to have this kind of shoppers because the grocery was not located near the beach and the frequent visitors are usually mothers with six children and varicose veins mapping their legs (Updike , A

. By the time the girls picked up the herring snacks to the cash register , the manager came out to reprimand them of their outfits . He told them that they should dress more appropriately next time or else they would not be entertained . This embarrassed the girls so much that Sammy , affected by the situation decided to quit his job . He wanted to be the hero of the three but it was too late when he realized that the...