• Central character: Sammy, the nineteen years old who works as a shop assistant at the checkout line at the shop, called A&P that is situated in a small New England town. • Other characters: Queenie, a charming young lady who entered the shop in a bathing suit. It is not her real name, Sammy has given her that nickname. She was accompanied with two girlfriends.The girl nicknamed Plaid and the second Big Tall Goony-Goony. Lengel who works as a manager of the A&P, the one who embarrassed girls and Stokesie the checkout clerk, who is married and have two children.
• Setting: The A&P grocery store is in the center of the town, far from the beach.
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