iberate extra action into it (Pg. 13)”. This was “queenie, she kind of led them (Pg. 13)”. She has to make her presence well known as she walks down the aisles of the A & P. Queenie is concieded and self absorbed. She cares only about her looks and ranking in her social class. You get the idea that she had to talk the other two into coming in the store with her. “Now she is showing them how to do it, walk slow and hold yourself straight (Pg. 13)”. As Queenie and the other two are walking the aisles, Sammy notices the sheep, “pushing their carts down the aisle-the girls were walking against the usual traffic (Pg. 13)”. Sammy refers to the shoppers as being “sheep (Pg 13,14,16)”, as if they are lost and follow the person closest to them. The girls strive for attention as they walk through the crowds of people shopping. At the end of the story, Sammy quits just as the girls are walking out of the store. He ran out to look for them but they had left already. “There was nobody but some young married screaming with her children about some candy they didn’t get by the door of a powder-blue Falcon station wagon (Pg. 16)”. Sammy did not realize it at the time but Hartmann 3that was a foreshadowing of what Queenie will be in the future. He walked out the door of the A & P to find Queenie, instead, he found a young woman yelling and arguing with her child. Queenie is no better than anyone else is, she is not special because of he social ranking. In the end, she will see that she is no different then any one person in the A & P. The Great Gatsby, by Scott Fitzgerald, has many different uses for symbolism. This novel has many great examples of significant particulars. There is much color symbolism in this novel, but there are two main colors that stand out more than the others. The colors green and white influence the story greatly. Green shows many thoughts,...
