Comprehensive Mmanner Assignment Report

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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
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PART A.
1. In the short story A & P, the main character Sammy is described by the tone he uses, the
things that he says and how uses them. I have also been able to tell the characteristics of
Sammy with evidence quotes from the short story.
Sammy uses an informal tone so as to enable the readers to connect with him in a
comprehensive manner to acknowledge what his intentions are in the short story and everything
that he believes in. How Sammy expresses himself is of great significance because it brings out
the picture of a teenager and makes the story more interesting by creating a scene.
In response to what Sammy thinks and says in the story, he takes his position and supports
what he believes in without letting anyone to change the aspect of what he believes in. At the end
of the story he walks out of A &P a changed man with lots of rooms for more improvement in
his future life. Sammy refers to the people in the store as “sheep” because he is not able to tell
the difference between them as individuals but views them to be alike in every aspect. Sammy
decides thinks that he responsible for what happens in his life. This is revealed when he quits his
job, he knows very well that his parents will be disappointed in him but he decides to make his
own choices without fearing what his parents will think of him (wheeler 2011).

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One of the character traits that Sammy portrays in the short story is being sarcastic. His
desires for Queen leads him to do things for the sake of being noticed. He then says aloud that he
wants to quit his job so that he could be overheard but it turns out to be a disappointment because
none of the ladies noticed him. His immaturity is revealed in the way he lusts for the girls and
dismisses the clients of A & P. Sammy also has an observational character that makes him go
beyond limits to garner interest on the individuals that he notices.
2. In characterizing Louise Mallard for the second question, the narrator has two characters
in her that she displays at given instances in the story. First she is an intellectual woman
who seems to comprehend how women are supposed carry out themselves in the society
or even in their marriages. It is ironical how she is overwhelmed with joy when she
receives the news of her spouses’ death. The second character of Louise Mallard is that
she is a dramatic and sensitive woman. This is revealed when her husband dies because
she is happy but later when she realizes that her husband is not dead, she gets heart attack
due to the shock (Cunningham 2009).
3. In answering the third question, Miss Brill is a middle-aged woman. It is revealed that
she is always a lonely woman because of the close observation in daily lives. First is
because she is unmarried and second is how she admires the fantasies of other people’s
lives that she gets to come into contact with. Her nature of observing other people’s lives
earns her the character trait of being an observant woman. Miss Brill is an optimistic
woman in that she is positive and hopeful about the future. She uses her knowledge in
English to tutor so as to earn her a living. She is also sensitive in that she notices the

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people around her and after observing the kind of lives they live, she only returns home
sad and lonely (Kimber 2015).
PART B.
RESPONSE TO THE DISCUSSION BOARDS
In response to page 350 of the “Good Country People”, I support the idea that a good
man is very hard to find given that the world has totally changed and people are using
various tricks to achieve what they want. The salesman of the bible pretends be selling
bibles whilst in real sense he uses that means as a way of covering up for his evil
intentions, (Gurney, pg. 350-352). He fools the family of Hopewell and they view him as
a good man. He asks joy to go on a date with him just in order to steal her prostheses for
his personal gains. This should just teach us a lesson that we should not trust strangers
because most of them pretend to be good people which is exactly opposite. We should at
no time judge people for who they are by their appearance, what they sell or carry. The
current world is s corrupt and that makes it hard for people to be able to tell who is good
or not. I strongly support the statement that good people are hard to find and we should
be careful not to trust strangers.
In response to page 196 of A & P, Sammy tries to favor the three ladies because of his
profound interest in them. He wants the ladies to see him as a good man which is a bit of
immaturity on his side. He does not realize that people are different and each girl has
their own way of being attracted to a man. He tries to shout at the top of his voices so that
the girls can be able to notice him but he gets disappointed when none of them even

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notices him because they are all gone. Sammy uses his lustful intension for the ladies so
that he is seen as a good person which does not work out (Wheeler pg. 196).
In response to page 251 of “Miss Brill”, she is an optimistic woman. She admires and
wishes that someday people will remember her as a good person just like some of the
famous people. she is an English tutor and gets to meet several people. She always
observes the lives of people she gets into contact with but one day she was saddened
when a young couple talked negatively about her fur. This means that everyone has their
own opinion on who they decide to view as good people.
Response to the students
In giving a response to posts of the other students, I would start with responding to
“Good people, Evil actions”. It is true that the people who are always viewed as good
people normally have evil actions. I support this because of the instance of Bailey who
stops his grandmother from provoking the criminals because in one way or another he
thought the criminals were not that bad people but unexpectedly he was the first one to be
killed. The bible sales man was viewed as a good country man by the family members
but he turns out to be very evil by stealing Joy’s leg from her when they go for a date.
In giving a response to “Not all people are good”. It is true that not everyone is good.
Each and every person have their own characters. Some have evil characters while others
have the good characters in them. However, in most cases the people who have the look
in them as good people are just good pretenders because they always have the hidden
character in them that is so evil. An example is Misfit who comes from a good family. He
is expected to be a good person too but in the end he kills his own mother due to his

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shortcomings that he experienced. Therefore, I would like to conclude by saying that it is
true that not all people are good and the people who always pretend to be good do
commit evil actions to others.

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WORK CITED
Cunningham, M. (2009). The Autonomous Female self and the death of Louise Mallard in Kate
Chopin’s “Story of an Hour”. English Language Notes, 42(1), 48-55. doi:10.1215/00138282-
42.1.48
David, M. (2016). Mansfield as Innovator of the Modernist Short Story. Katherine Mansfield
and the Art of the Short Story, 4-9. Doi:10.1057/9781137483881_2
Gurney, A.R. (2019). “Good Country People” by Flannery O’ Connor. Why I like This Story,
350-352.doi:10.1017/9781787445352.028
Kimber, G. (2015). Mansfield as Innovator of the Modernist Short Story. Katherine Mansfield
and the Art of the Short Story, 4-9. Doi:10.1057/9781137483881_2
Wheeler, David. John Updike's short story 'A & P' - An Analysis: The character traits of
Sammy? Pg. 196, GRIN Verlag, 2013.
Wheeler, David. John Updike's short story 'A & P' - An Analysis: How can we account for the
story's continued appeal? GRIN Verlag, 2011.

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