Topic > John Updike A & P Transition Into Adulthood - 900

Was unintentionally pushed into the meaning and concept of being an adult. “His face was dark gray and his back stiff, as if he had just been given an injection of iron, and my stomach tightened as I felt how hard the world would be for me from then on.” (Update 162) Sammy was a young boy whose actions did not bother him as they did not seem to affect the people around him. However, the hard lesson he learned that day was the realization that his actions speak just as loudly as his own