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John Updikes short story "A&P" is about a teenager who has to make a serious decision. The story is set in an A&P supermarket in a town north of Boston, probably about the year 1960. ... He is a check-out clerk in the local A&P, where the boss, Lengel, is a friend of Sammys parents. ... In "A&P," Sammy begins to mature. ... This is the lesson Sammy has begun to learn in John Updikes story.