e “ smoothest scoops of vanilla” that he had ever known. The fascination with “ Queenie” is more aesthetic than anything and helps the reader realize that he sees all three are out of his league. He still feels the need to help them as he begins to feel sorry for them, labeling them “ poor kids” as everyone in the store has their eyes on them.Sammy becomes a victim of his own selfishness as he tried to play the hero to his fascinations. He want to desperately to gain the attention of those girls by staging a scene for them as they are degraded by Lengel, his boss, who instructs them to dress decent in the store “ it is are policy”. Sammy tries to control the situation as he blurts out “ I quit”, as in protest to the embarrassment of the girls and their attire. Lengel, himself is baffled by Sammy’s statement and warns him, I don’t think you know what you’re saying” Sammy shrugs it off and responds, “Fiddle-de-do” and walks out of the store hoping to see “ his girls” out side waiting for him. To no avail the girls are no where to be found, he then realized that his action had went unnoticed. He turns to see Lengel checking out the “sheep” and realizes “how hard the world was going to be on” him thereafter. All of Sammy’s actions up to this point show how possessively and selfishly nave he is. He thinks that the girls will notice his gesture because he was the hero to he injustice of his boss, but he ends up unnoticed, jobless and lonely.In Robert Browning’s, “ Porphyria’s Lover” , the unnamed man is madly in love with Porphyria, who refuses to marry him. He describes the scene as she enters his cottage and secretly watches her remover her wet cloak and shawl. She has come though a terrible storm that “ tore the elm-tops down for spite” and sets the mood. Shutting th...
