A&P

This short story made me rather annoyed for multiple reasons but the most prominent in the text was the main character's pretense of being a hero. Sure these girls didn't deserve to be publicly humiliated however if he was going to do something he should have stood up for them in front of his boss instead of just quitting. Moreover if he were to stand up for them it should have been because he felt there was an injustice done to them, not just because he wanted to be their hero. Going a step farther, he also shouldn't have thought of them as "his" girls; this makes them objects that are suddenly HIS possessions just because he saw them and was attracted to them. This story I hated purely because even though what he did, and his intention too, may have been admirable, what actually drove him to act and his own thoughts were reprehensible.