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The Use Of Literacy Terms In A & P By John Updike

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Jazmin Gulliksen Gulliksen 1 Adam Floridia English 102 10 October 2014 Literacy terms in A&P In the story A&P written by John Updike, the use of literacy terms is key. During this tragic tale a boy’s lust for three girls who walk into the store he works at, wearing bathing suits, completely alters his sense of reality. The desire Sammy feels for the main girl “Queenie” is described through extreme imagery and characterization. Soon this feeling overrides everything else going on around him. Lust and desire can completely blind those who are out of touch with reality. It can blind you to complete oblivion. The characterization and imagery in this story are expressed passionately through the dialog of Sammy. The narrator feels so drawn to these

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