John Updike has been an acute observer of human conditions.Social conformity and individualism is a pair of collision.To be submissive or rebellious determines the direction of the protagonist’s growth and a forward looking sight of hope on younger generation.By depicting such conflict,Sammy in “A & P” undergoes a short but hard spiritual maturation. John Updike has been an an observer of human conditions. Social conformity and individualism is a pair of collision. To be submissive or rebellious determines the direction of the protagonist’s growth and a forward looking sight of hope on younger generation. By depicting such conflict, Sammy in “A & P ” undergoes a short but hard spiritual maturation.