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How to Read: Title & Setting
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Purpose of setting—motivation

Characters and their actions can be influenced by the choice of setting.

"A & P" is set in a chain grocery story, a place of deadening conformity. Sammy chafes under the store's strict orderliness—it's like a strait-jacket for our young hero, goading him to take action at the end.