On June 2, 2006, an employee, working in the loss prevention department at the Shopko in Mason City, Iowa, was watching activity in the store on a camera system. She noticed a man, later identified as Troy Jorgensen, walking through the store fondling himself over his clothes. The employee contacted two fellow employees for assistance. The three employees observed Jorgensen follow a woman through the store while repeatedly exposing his genitals and masturbating. The woman may have seen Jorgensen's genitals, but she could not be located later and was never identified.
A&P Analysis John Hoyer Updike’s short story “A&P” shows an eighteen-year-olds’ point of view of a 1960’s era grocery store. The dynamic protagonist, Sammy, explains the mundane lifestyles of the customers in the store based on his observations from the checkout counter. Suddenly the store is disrupted by three girls that enter the store wearing only bathing suits and defy the organization of the business. Sammy wants to change his cookie cutter lifestyle; after observing the girls, he realizes he does not have to conform to the social standards he was lead to believe. Sammy observes the patrons of A&P mundanely going about their shopping, like “sheep pushing their carts down the aisle” (6).
The street, in which he was standing, was deserted. The terrified storekeepers were watching through the doors of their stores. All of them had abandoned Clemens unwillingly, as soon as Eutychus and his thugs arrived. Suddenly the sacred car, which Clemens was accustomed to petting, came out from the temple. It headed straight for Clemens.
Thank you for helping America fight the war on terrorism. [Adala does not respond nor even look at the officer. She feels too much guilt. As we see her exit the airport, two security officers are visible in the background; they are stopping a tall man with a silver briefcase. They are seen exchanging a few words when the man begins to protest, causing Adala to turn around at the commotion.
Internal Conflicts: People living in Canada in the 1900s have been through some tough times and due to that it is controversial if Canada is a nation to be proud of. The government of that time was careless about people’s opinion and made decisions which were considered unfair by citizens of Canada. Due to the government’s carelessness and unfairness Canadians should not be proud of Canada because of how difficult internal conflicts were handled such as the On-to-Ottawa Trek, October Crisis, and the passing of Bill 101. It is believed that the matter about the On-to-Ottawa Trek caused by poor living and working conditions in the unemployed relief camps could have been resolved fairly and responsibly, but it wasn’t handled very
Persuasive/Argumentative A&P Throughout the short story of “A&P”, the main character Sammy makes a few decisions that reflect on him as a person. Sammy is a grocery clerks man who works the cash register at the store called the A&P. Physical attraction, going about quitting his job, and lack of responsibility shows just who he is. One might say he is nothing more than a foolish immature young man. To begin, the way Sammy describes the girls at the “A&P” shows just how immature he is. “With the straps pushed off, there was nothing between the top of the suit and the top of her head except just her, this clean bare plane of the top of her chest down from the shoulder bones like a dented sheet of metal tilted in the light” (540).
Yaw, now noticing the still whistling Owen walks over to him. YAW: Wey the person weydey sell paper and card for here? No response YAW: Excuse me! Are you not the one I am talking to? NO RESPONSE YAW:
. At the end of the story he tries to be the hero for the three girls by standing up for them hoping to receive their approval, but the girls completely ignore him. Sammy loses his job and as he leaves the store he looks around for the three girls, but they are long gone. He takes one last look into the store window and sees that Lengel has taken his spot behind the checkout counter and continues checking out customers as if nothing has happened. As Sammy walks away from the store, he
One of the biggest issues in Canada regarding racial discrimination is the difficulty for minorities to receive Recognition of prior learning (educational and professional); “People who are trained in Western scientific or knowledge systems in the South are not given the same recognition as if they were trained in the North. People who are trained within non-western educational world views or scientific traditions experience great difficulties in gaining recognition for their training and skills.” For an example, Emily Espinosa, a Pilipino woman with a university degree in science and commerce who came to Canada with her family in 1988 has still been unsuccessful in finding a job that matches her expertise. Since landing in Canada, she became certified as a Lab technician in 1990, and has been working in a doctor’s office for $10 an hour, while still searching for a job. She thinks the main reasons she is not getting hired is because of her race, gender, and age (54).
Many may argue that Laurier and Sifton’s policy was not open door, nor prosperous for all. Even with the “Open-Door Policy”, many different immigrants had a hard time taking up settlement in Western Canada. The blacks for example, were just one of the many immigrants that was rejected during the Laurier era. Blacks started immigrating to Canada in the 1800’s, Via the underground railway. The Blacks were trying to escape slavery and racism, but little did they know that they did not fully escape racism by moving to Canada.