f to poke fun because his life is no better. The girls obviously have more class than anything in the store, and he is envious because he can not differentiate himself from the rest of the classless customers who frequent the store. Throughout the story, Sammy shows how boring and repetitive his life is, and seeing the girls enter the store is a refreshing sight. He refers to the customers as “Sheep” or women with numerous children and “varicose veins” covering there legs. He even refers to them as a “with “no eyebrows”, who if was born earlier would have burned “over in Salem” . He sees these patrons as numbed into mechanical repletion, believing that if he set off dynamite that most of them would “ keep reaching and checking oatmeal off their lists” as if nothing ever happened. Sammy is sickened at the loss of divergence of customers, and himself for the daily mind numbering repetitiveness that plagues everyday life at the A&P. His only liveliness at work is the song he hears when ringing out customers “ hello there, you hap-py pee- pul”. This song and the ability to dehumanizes his customers make Sammy’s life seem a little bit better. The anger and disgust show how he views the pitiful town folk who waste their lives away as he does.Sammy shows the reader his domineering and perceptive side as his description of each girl borders on rude but comical. He is able to pick out the “ Queenie” of the bunch, and names the other “Plaid” and “ Big Tall Goony-Goony”. His description shows that he has an eye for detail, but portrays them as a possession rather than human . The chauvinistic ideological approach show his immaturity and attitude towards women in general. He seems to find “Queenie” the attractive one who is “more than pretty” with “ prima-Donna legs” and breasts like two of th...
