'Checking Out' A&P In John Updike's short story "A&P", the use of characterization and setting help to propel the reader into the somewhat conflict-ridden mind of Sammy, the protagonist. Where Sammy is and who he is surrounded by cause him to rebel against something with very little thought. Sammy lives in a quiet, aseptic town, surrounded by the usual small town people: nosy and close-minded. As Sammy senses himself falling into the cast of an older generation, his need to break away surfaces. Anyone who has come to be an adolescent in a small town knows the innate need and the cultured want to break away, to breathe new air and to feel new wind. One has the stained sense that there's something great out beyond the usual realm. The "walls" of the town seem to close in every year. The setting Sammy is surrounded by nearly smothers him....

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