elf straight" (Updike, 106). Sammy goes into the greatest detail describing the character. He talks about the color of her bathing suit, how her straps are pulled down, the style of her hair, and the manner in which she walks across the store. He is very impressed by her, and shows this by saying, "...this clean bare plane of the top of her chest down from the shoulder bones like a dented sheet of metal tilted in the light. I mean, it was more than pretty" (Updike, 106). Sammy also shows how impressed he is with her by saying, "The longer her neck was, the more of her there was" (Updike, 106). Mr. Updike does a great job of developing his characters through the eyes of Sammy. He puts descriptions of the girls' appearance, behavior, and impressions of them, given to the reader through Sammy's thoughts. By Sammy describing the girls in such great detail, it lets the reader get to know him as a character just as well as seeing the ones he is describing....
