A & PJohn Uplike

Speakers: Tim, Mia, and Sunny2

Introduction to CharactersMajor Characters

1. Sammy

2. Queenie

3. Lengle

Minor Characters

1. Stokesie

2. Queenie’s two friends :

Plaid & Big Tall Goony Gonny

Major Characters(1) Sammy 19-year-old A clerk working at

A&P

Characteristics of Sammy Not innocent

Sammy looks the girls in a sexual way. Although most girls think that it is very rude, shallow and even libidinous to do that.

Immature

Sammy kind of looks down on female. Common It’s common among boys to do so. As a boy, I oft

en see girls in the same way. -Tim

Supporting Sentences

Do you really think it's a mind in there or just a little buzz like a bee in a glass jar?

Major Characters(2) Queenie A customer in A&P Being like a leader Wearing bathsuit wi

th the other two friends.

Characteristics of Qunnie Open

Wering bathsuit to shop in a grocery store Queen

Speaking like a gueen and acting like a leader. “Her voice kind of starved me, the way voices do wh

en you see people first, coming out so flat and dumb yet kind of tony, too”

Major Characters(3) Lengle The boss of the A&

P store

Characteristics of Lengle Conservative

Lengel represents old points of view.

Considerate

When Sammy told him that he quit, he tried to persuade him not to quit. But, I think he is upright. He wanted to keep A&P from being “polluted”. I think he is a considerate man.

Minor Characters(1) Stokesie The clerk working

with Sammy in A&P

Twenty-two, married, and has two babies.

Characteristics of Stokesie

More ambitious than Sammy

” He thinks he's going to be manager some sunny day, maybe in 1990 when it's called the Great Alexandrov and Petrooshki Tea Company or something.”

Minor Characters(2) Plaid Big Tall Goony Go

ony Qunnie’s two partne

rs

Charcsteristics of Two Partners-Plaid &Big Tall

The nickname Sammy gives to them

Qunnie’s friends.

Supporting Sentnces

Plaid-

A plump, pretty girl with a good tan and a sweet broad soft-looking can who catches Sammy’s eye first.

Big Tall-

You know , the king of girl other girls think is very”striking” and “attractive” but never quit makes it.

Questions for You Which characters do you like most?

Which part you think is ironic?

Why did Sammy quit his job?