Sociology and Bathing Suits

April 02, 2013 2. Why are the three girls push through of target in the A&P? How do the different persons in the patronage react to them? The three girls are out of place in the A&P because they are wearing bathing suits in a towns batch that is five miles away from a beach. The A&P is located in the center of a small town near two banks, a congregational church, the newspaper store, three real-estate offices, and dozen freeloaders tearing up unity of the town streets. many an(prenominal) people in the town have never even been to the beach so it is very uncommon to see people walking around in bathing suits.Most women in the town normally wear shirts and shorts when walking outside. The girls are put extremely out of place when choosing to wear the bathing suits. The people at the shop reacted otherwise when viewing the girls in their bathing suits. The most popular reaction the girls got were from guys. Many of the workers and guys kept staring at the girls since they were y oung, provocative, and in bathing suits. The other flake of reaction the girls got were from sheep and houseslaves. They quickly glanced at the girls and got back to their shopping with shock. They didnt issue if what they saw was real.The girls surprised many of the people at the shop. 3. How does Updike inform us of the difference in social association between the shop clerk and the girls? What office staff does this difference play in the events and the meaning of the myth? Throughout the story Updike informs us of the difference in social grade between the clerk and the girls. Updike illustrates the girls to be confident, independent as well as sexually powerful. On the other hand Updike illustrates the clerk to be immature, and disrespectful. Sammy is viewed to be stuck in the knowledge base of A&P, which is filled with rules and regulations.The girls are viewed to be stuck in a human beings of freedom and choice. At the end of the story the clerk sees how different the girls and him are in social class. He imagines Queenie with her family drinking cocktail, eating herring snacks with clean jackets, and he sees his family drinking lemonade and cheap beer. The difference in social class helps the clerk to realize that there is more than to life than being stuck in a shop all his life. Viewing the girls and the type of social class they are in helps the clerk to push forward and do more with his life. His first step in succeeding his new goal is quitting A&P.