"A & P" by John Updike

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Tuesday, January 5, 2010 @ 9:30 A.M.

Read A & P by John Updike, on pages 16-20 of the text.

Prepare a response paper:  What was your first impression of the narrator? Do you think he is reliable? Why, or why not? What was your first impression of the girls? What was your first impression of Lengel? Did your impression of any of the characters change as you read the story? If so, how? Why? Which aspect of the work affected you the most? Provide specific textual details and quotations to justify and/or explain your response to your reading of A & P.

Once you have finished the reading and writing your response paper, you may enjoy the following links:

• Interview with John Updike on the writing of A & P (1995) Part 1 of 2
• Interview with John Updike on the writing of A & P (1995) Part 2 of 2
• Movie version of A & P with Sean Hayes (from Will & Grace)

Response Paper Guidelines

-- 8.5x11-inch paper
-- 1-inch margins
-- typed, double-spaced, Cambria 12 font
-- minimum one (1) page; maximum two (2) pages
Left-hand corner of the paper, single spaced:

FIRST AND LAST NAME

January 5, 2010

Professor Melinda Roberts

Short Story: Wintersession 2010
Centered Title (all caps and bolded):

RESPONSE PAPER: "A & P"