Monday, September 30, 2013

A&P and reading

While reading this story, I'm not sure I had any clue what was going on. The way it was written didn't get me to read it in depth enough to attempt and look into 'why'.  I thought some of it was highly unnecessary, or confusing, such as writing out every thing on a certain aisle, and the part where Sammy and Stokesie are supposed to be joking. I could picture the store, in part because I know what a grocery store is like, and in part that I knew that Sammy stayed in the same place and what it was he could and couldn't see from where he was, and the way he talked about the people in the store, as well as the store itself was good at showing his point of view and how that translates to the actual situation in the store. What I guess was the climax, when Sammy quit, I still don't understand what the logic is in it. There could be so many reasons for someone to quit, but for someone to quit their only job in the summer, while still living with their parents, and use the reason that the manager treat some girls wrong, which I also don't understand the problem, because if I was a manager of a store and people came in just wearing bathing suits, I would probably ask them to leave too. I hope that covers the prompt.

Reading:
the hate list: 3 and a half hours
short stories: 30 mins
my short story: 15 mins
4 hours and 14 mins

4 comments:

  1. Bailey I totally agree with your thoughts about the story A&P! I thought it was weird and it left us hanging at the end, leaving us with so many questions. Great post girlyy.

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  2. Hi Bailey.

    I don't understand why he quit his job either. He doesn't seem to be the sharpest knife in the drawer. I think that every time the author gave us more information, they dug more plot holes. Why would Sammy quit his job? What would make anyone think that it's acceptable to walk around in their bathing suits? No matter how hard I try to understand Sammy, I remain confused.

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  3. Bailey, the story was definitely different. It wasn't your average story, and I have to admit I had to read it again.

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  4. Clearly Sammy's quitting was not really a logical choice. So why do you think the author had him quit? What do we learn about Sammy from this, and about what is important to him?

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