Compare and Contrast of A P and Where are you going where have you been
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Two short stories will be compared for their similarities and differences. In the story "A&P" by John Updike, a guy stands up for three girls and it costs him his job. The second story is "Where are you going, where have you been" by Joyce Carol Oates is a story where a girls mind is manipulated by an old man. These stories are different from one another, however there are small similarities. One is the minds of the men that are in both stories and how they perceive these girls. Another is the girls themselves, both of these girls get attention from people for the way they are dressed. However, the differences that are in these two stories are the girls and reasons for the way they dressed.
The short story is different. An employee, at a grocery store, sees three girls walk in with nothing but their bathing suits on. When the manager of the store seems to have a problem with the girls and what they are wearing...