A&P by: John Updike

I really enjoyed this story for some reason. I liked the detail he gave to the girls and to the store. I dont know what he looks like or what the other employees or customers look like, all i know is these three girls and this generic grocery store. The way he describes them is beautiful. Most of the time i was convinced that he liked them but there were certain parts where i thought he viewed them as childish. You dont even really know how old they are or what their faces really look like, just the way they walk and move and how they blush. The only thing is that i found that it lacked plot. I wouldve liked more of a story but i was also pretty content with just the long description of this one tense scene in the authors life. It was interesting how it meant so much to the writer and absolutely nothing to the girls. He quit over them and they dont even know. Overall i really enjoyed this story, i thought that the vibe of the store and how he was able to describe the impact these girls had on everyone was extremely interesting.
I think its okay to wear just a swimsuit in a store because we have publicized swim wear so much already. Swim suits are just like underwear but some how its okay to wear it to be the beach and out and around so if we can wear swim suit (basically) underwear, to the beach and the pool and everywhere, why cant we wear them into stores?

My favorite passage was definitely where he first described how the queen walked.
"She didn't look around, not this queen, she just walked straight on slowly, on these long white prima-donna legs. She came down a little hard on her heels, as if she didn't walk in her bare feet that much, putting down her heels and then letting the weight move along to her toes as if she was testing the floor with every step, putting a little deliberate extra action into it."
I liked this passage because I think that its interesting that the first thing he notices about this girl is the way she walks and the way she kinda owns everything around her but not in a real snooty way. It serves the purpose of letting the reader know that this girl, this queen B, is strong and she doesnt have to look around to know that people watch her. She knows her strengths but she is probably also scared of what she doesn't know. Which is slightly portrayed through her unfamiliarness with being barefoot.