Plot and Character in Fiction

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p 1 ) Where is Updike 's story set ? How do you know ? How far away is the ocean

The setting of the story is without doubt an A

supermarket . Evidences for believing such may be found throughout the story especially during the part wherein Sammy visually follows the bikini-clad women describing certain aisles of the supermarket in the process . As for the distance of the store , the following line would be

a most appropriate answer : our town is five miles from a beach , with a big summer colony out on the Point , but we 're right in the middle of town (Updike Thus , the A

supermarket is not necessarily very near to the beach Specifically , the shop is north of Boston (Updike

2 ) Explain this metaphor "sheep pushing their carts down the aisle (p .15

Since the group of girls or women seemed to have a distinct hierarchy and distribution of roles , wherein one assumes the role of the queen while the others follow , the aforesaid metaphor does indeed make sense To further explain , the manner in which the other girls followed their queen is quite similar or analogous to the image of sheep mindlessly yet cautiously following their sheepherder without any signs of objection In relation to this , shoppers in general have been likened to sheep throughout the story as well

3 ) How much of the story is Exposition ? Where does...