Updike's A&P

As I read this short story by Updike I felt like maybe I’ve read it before. I think that I had to read it in high school for something but I don’t really remember. Anyways I enjoyed this reading much more than Williams! I liked the amount of detail and descriptors he used though out this piece. As I read I found myself noticing errors. Mainly just a few spacing errors and maybe a few punctuation errors that I questioned, then I thought to myself these errors are more apparent from reading Williams article. Besides those, the overall story was entertaining. I really liked the detail he used, it kept me reading and being able to visualize what he was talking about was nice. I think that if he hadn’t used the amount of descriptors that he did, the story wouldn’t be the same. Not only would it be shorter but it would be boring. The detail took a simple event of quitting a job and the events that caused it into a five-page short story. I was not expecting the end at all, even though I believe I have read it before. I didn’t really care for the end though. I thought it was short and bland compared to the beginning. Updike did at great job painting a picture with his words. Stories that do this tend to be my favorite. I also like that it is just a short story and how entertaining it is. It is entertaining even though it is simply describing the events that led up to the character quitting his job.