This is a paper that I did in English Comp 2. It is in you Literature book. Its about a story on A&P, represents the American Middle-Class Value System.

Masterpuppet English Comp II Prof. Mc Kendry County College of Morris " A&P " In "A&P", the supermarket represents the American Middle-Class Value System. This value system plays a major role in the lives of the customers and the townspeople. Conservativeness and old-fashion thinking were portrayed in the customers of the A&P. They supported the traditional ideas about the family with the roles of women in society. In the A&…

…the end of the story, Sammy quits his job because he doesn't feel that Lendell should have embarrassed the girls. The symbolic significance of this action wasn't that Sammy quit his job at the A&P, but that he quit the "values" of the A&P. This comes into conflict with the American Middle-Class Values because those are the only values that are accepted in both the A&P and the town.