You can tell he had some hesitation taking off his apron, but he knew once he took it off, he could not put it back on. I think Sammy matured by the end of the story. Even though his manager explained to him how his parents would not be happy and the regret he might have by quitting, Sammy still discloses, “It’s true, I don’t. But it seems to me that once you begin a gesture its fatal not to go through with it,” (par. 23). I can relate to this, because soon enough I will have to quit my job at the grocery store, and move on to the next stage of my life. Throughout A&P, you see growth within Sammy, his disagreements, and words begin to mature by the end of the story. Finally, Sammy realizes his destiny is not to work at A&P for the rest of his life, but to move on to improved things, even if it took a group of girls for him to realize this.
Work Cited
Updike, John. "A&P.” Literature An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing, Compact Edition (5th Edition) (Kennedy/Gioia Literature Series). Ed. X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 12th ed. New York: Longman, 2007. 17-22.