Trustworthy People Will Not Be Disrespectful or Impulsive
People should not depend on other people that are impolite and careless on the decisions that they make in their lives. In the short stories “A&P” by John Updike and “My Side of the Matter” by Truman Capote, In “A&P” this 19 year old man named Sammy and he works at the grocery store that’s called A&P and while he was at the cashier checking customers items out he notices three girls come in wearing bikinis and he starts staring out them very intensely. Then in “My Side of the Matter” a 16 year old boy marries after four days of knowing this girl named Marge and they find out Marge is pregnant with his child so Marge and him move into her aunt 's house. From the characterization of …show more content…
In “A&P” Sammy is checking out the three girls items at the cash register and out of nowhere decides it is a good idea to quit his job so he can get the three girls attention and go hang out with them. In “My Side of the Matter” the husband chooses to marry Marge after only knowing her for four days in person and only couple months later they find out that she is pregnant with his child. Sammy sees the girls are in a rush to get out of the store because they feel embarrassed they are called out wearing bikinis “so [he] says “I quit” to Lengel quick enough for them to hear, hoping they’ll stop and watch me, their unsuspected hero” (Updike 4). Sammy did this to show the girls that he did not like that his manager was pointing out that they were dressed improperly at the store and thought by quitting in front of Lengel it would show them how awesome he is to stand up to him. This is example showing how sammy is being quick with his decisions and is also being irresponsible by the fact that he choose to quit his job for some girls and he did not think through that now he will not have a job and income either so that is going to make life rough for him. The husband starts out saying that he and his wife “were married in mobile after an acquaintance of only four days. We were married going on three months when Marge ups and gets pregnant” (Capote 189). The husband marries his …show more content…
The way Sammy was calling those older women names shows he does not have respect for them and when the husband thought it was a smart idea to put his hands on his wife to show who was boss provides the backup that they do not know who to treat people properly and people can never really believe in people that can not give people the courtesy they deserve. When Sammy choose to quit his cashier job to get some girls attention and the husband choosing to marry very young and getting his young wife pregnant so this support the fact that they both make way too quick of choices and never think about their ramifications and how it is going to affect them later down the road and by them not thinking through enough people can not rely and trust them because people can see that they do not pay attention to important details and so they could not be telling the full truth when they tell stories. This relates to society when teenagers make the abrupt decision to take drugs and do not think about the long term effects of them and once they start taking them it changes them as a person for example being impolite to people so by them making the choice to take drugs and changing them for the worst then people can not rely on you and believe in the person you
People should not depend on other people that are impolite and careless on the decisions that they make in their lives. In the short stories “A&P” by John Updike and “My Side of the Matter” by Truman Capote, In “A&P” this 19 year old man named Sammy and he works at the grocery store that’s called A&P and while he was at the cashier checking customers items out he notices three girls come in wearing bikinis and he starts staring out them very intensely. Then in “My Side of the Matter” a 16 year old boy marries after four days of knowing this girl named Marge and they find out Marge is pregnant with his child so Marge and him move into her aunt 's house. From the characterization of …show more content…
In “A&P” Sammy is checking out the three girls items at the cash register and out of nowhere decides it is a good idea to quit his job so he can get the three girls attention and go hang out with them. In “My Side of the Matter” the husband chooses to marry Marge after only knowing her for four days in person and only couple months later they find out that she is pregnant with his child. Sammy sees the girls are in a rush to get out of the store because they feel embarrassed they are called out wearing bikinis “so [he] says “I quit” to Lengel quick enough for them to hear, hoping they’ll stop and watch me, their unsuspected hero” (Updike 4). Sammy did this to show the girls that he did not like that his manager was pointing out that they were dressed improperly at the store and thought by quitting in front of Lengel it would show them how awesome he is to stand up to him. This is example showing how sammy is being quick with his decisions and is also being irresponsible by the fact that he choose to quit his job for some girls and he did not think through that now he will not have a job and income either so that is going to make life rough for him. The husband starts out saying that he and his wife “were married in mobile after an acquaintance of only four days. We were married going on three months when Marge ups and gets pregnant” (Capote 189). The husband marries his …show more content…
The way Sammy was calling those older women names shows he does not have respect for them and when the husband thought it was a smart idea to put his hands on his wife to show who was boss provides the backup that they do not know who to treat people properly and people can never really believe in people that can not give people the courtesy they deserve. When Sammy choose to quit his cashier job to get some girls attention and the husband choosing to marry very young and getting his young wife pregnant so this support the fact that they both make way too quick of choices and never think about their ramifications and how it is going to affect them later down the road and by them not thinking through enough people can not rely and trust them because people can see that they do not pay attention to important details and so they could not be telling the full truth when they tell stories. This relates to society when teenagers make the abrupt decision to take drugs and do not think about the long term effects of them and once they start taking them it changes them as a person for example being impolite to people so by them making the choice to take drugs and changing them for the worst then people can not rely on you and believe in the person you