John Updike's story, A & P had a very interesting format to it. I thought that it could easily be classified as a vignette because it focused on one moment and that was the anticipation of the girls going to his check up counter. I really liked that it focused on this moment because I was able to really picture how these girls looked and how they walked. Updike was very descriptive in every aspect of the short story. One of the main things that classifies a good story for me is if I can picture myself as if I am the main character in the story, with A & P I absolutely could.
My favorite passage of the short story is:
"She was the queen. She kind of led them, the other two peeking around and making their shoulders round. She didn't look around, not this queen, she just walked straight on slowly, on these long white prima-donna legs. She came down a little hard on her heels, as if she didm;t walk in her bare feet that much, putting down her heels and the letting the weight move along to her toes as if she was testing the floor with every step, putting a litter deliberate extra action into it."
This is my favorite passage because I can just imagine a girl in a bikini strutting through a small shop in a beach town. I can hear the sound that her heavy feet hit the floor. This passage is important because it shows off Updike's ability to describe things in great detail.
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