A&P by John Updike

The story of A&P by John Updike was a good story. By good, I mean good and nothing more. I did not feel like there was anything special about the overall plot of the story and it was a rather predictable story that I felt like I've hear before. This story can bring up many controversial issues such as appearances, power, gender, society and class. However, I did find some parts in this story funny and amusing. It was one of those stories that you know already, but you don't mind hearing it again, because you get something new every time after reading it. 

Here are some of my favorite parts of the text: 
"You never know for sure how girls' minds work (do you really think it's a mind in there or just a little buzz like a bee in a glass jar?) [...]" 

"She must have felt in the corner of her eye me and over my shoulder Stokesie in the second slot watching, but she didn't tip. Not this queen."  

These two quotes relate to the whole gender concept of this story. The first quote was funny, because I always ask myself the same questions. Women are the hardest thing in life to understand. The day I understand what a women is thinking, I will feel great. I have recently experienced something with a women, and I did not understand what she was thinking. I hope that one day I will though, because the stuff she said did not make sense. I have my own speculations of what happened, but I want to know what she was thinking. I tried asking her, but she didn't want to tell. Usual response. Maybe I should try to stop getting into shit like this, but whatever. Anyway, getting back to the point of the story. I believe that the way how women and men perceive this story is very different, and women might believe this to be "sexcist." I believe that it was not right for the three girls to walk into the store with barely not clothes on, because its just rude. I would of probably checked them out too if they were hot, and gotten turned on, but the whole idea of it is still rude, and they are wrong. This is just the view of an average guy, so to anybody who things I'm being "mean" or "sexcist," I say fuck you. 
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