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Daniel P Yeckley English Comp II Paper #1 February 25, 2000 I found the story powder very intriguing. The author kept you enchanted with the character of his father, yet disenchanted with his own character. The authors father was a cool impractical father he drove a sports car, took risks such as driven through unplowed snow covered roads and went down hill skin for fun. Unlike my father who drives a compact car, doesen't like driving at night let alone in snow and goes antique shopping for fun. Yet the author lives a very practical life with his clothes carefully hung on numbered racks so the would be proper ally rotated. So I was intrigued by the father and life that he lived on the edge, but not the son and his sheltered life.

Even though i didn't like the authors character as a person in the story, I did however like his use of the first person, because it kept you intouch with the characters emotions. The story A & P however did not captivate me. The hero in the story, Sammy, was no hero in my book only a pathetic fool who lived in an uneventful l town that was resistant to change. When Sammy was working in the local grocery store he noticed a beautiful girl walk in with 2 of her friends. Although she only walked into the grocery store to buy one small item for her mother, Sammy took as if she was walking right into his life. She was much more than just another pretty face to Sammy to him she was a go dess.

Since Sammy never knew her name he refered to her as Queenie because she was of royal status to him. He held her high above himself and everyone he knew, he even imagined her family to be of a higher class of people, from a 49 cent snack she was purchasing. When his boss confronted Queenie of her a tire the matter was resolved Yeckley I quickly between her and the boss, but not to Sammy he felt that she was a daniel in distress. Sammy quit his job do to his bosses actions and left the store expecting Queenie to be waiting outside ready to jump in his arms for defending her honor but to his suprise he found no one. In Sammy's attempt at's chivalry he lost his job and the girl he never had. The story A & P did not a peal to me, although the first person style that it was written in made you feel Sammy's excitement towards the matter.

I still have trouble dealing with his i rational response to the conflict with Queenie and his boss.