t is obvious that Sammy perceives himself as being in a lower socioeconomic class than those of the girls by the statements he makes in contrast pertaining to the social functions of his own family.Schlitz in tall glasses with Theyll Do It Every Time cartoons stenciled on (Updike 372). Sammy also gives us the impression that the stores clientele is made up of a lower socioeconomic working class of people and bums. He mentions married women with six children and varicose veins mapping their legs and an old party in baggy gray pants who stumbles up with four giant cans of pineapple juice (Updike 371). Sammy states that the women could care less in regard to their appearance, and he wonders what bums do with all that pineapple juice (Updike 371).I believe Sammys sexual hunger rises to the ultimate heat of passion when he decides to throw in the towel and follow these affluent broads. As he looks at Queenies breasts that he describes as the two smoothest scoops of vanilla I had even known were there (Updike 373), Sammy makes his final decision to quit. It is evident that he did this in hopes to impress these women by the way in which he loudly announces his resignation to the manager. This was Sammys last, pitiful attempt to get these rich girls to notice him and take him to their world of utopia. Sammy soon realized that these girls either did not hear what he said, or may have heard and did not give a rip or even notice that he existed. At this point, I believe he felt like an idiot. The realization of the stupidity of his action is acknowledged by Sammy at the end of the story when he states that his stomach kind of fell as I felt how hard the world was going to be to me hereafter (Updike 373).Words: 1,038...
