Flick Webb was once a great basketball player. He was tall and muscular, and he could dunk the ball with ease. But then he got injured and his career came to an abrupt end. Now, Flick is a character in a John Updike poem. The poem is called “Ex-Basketball Player,” and it’s about a man … Read more
John Updike’s A&P is a classic short story that has been widely studied and analyzed. The story tells the tale of Sammy, a young man who works in an A&P grocery store, and his encounter with three young women who enter the store wearing only their bathing suits. Sammy is immediately smitten with the girls … Read more
John Updike’s A&P is a coming-of-age story that centers around the main character, Sammy. Sammy is nineteen years old and works as a clerk at the local A&P grocery store. He is bored with his job and his life in general. One day, three young girls wearing only bathing suits come into the store. Sammy … Read more
The A&P John Updike setting is a small town in the northeastern United States, most likely in New England. The story takes place in the summertime, and the weather is hot. The A&P grocery store is the main setting of the story, and it is where the majority of the action takes place. The store … Read more
The Great Scarf of Birds is a poem by John Updike. The poem is about a bird that has a scarf that is so long, it gets tangled in the branches of a tree. The bird tries to fly away, but the scarf gets caught and the bird is pulled back down to the ground. … Read more
