Study Guide

A&P Characters

By John Updike

Sammy, the 19-year-old narrator of "A&P," is a cashier in an A&P grocery store in a small...

Queenie isn't really this girl's name. We don't know her name or much about her at all. We see...

This is the first girl Sammy notices. He has both flattering and unflattering thoughts about her,...

This bathing-suit-wearing girl gets a raw deal. Sammy doesn't find her attractive, and she...

Stokesie (or just Stokes) is Sammy's 22-year-old married coworker. He has two kids and hopes to...

Lengel is the stuffy manager of the A&P. He's also a local Sunday school teacher. He is the...

McMahon is the butcher. He gives girls directions to the herring snacks and then ogles them. His...