Activists; who are they? People who support or oppose a cause or issue. These are individuals who fight and defend their views – protecting and defending what they believe to be right. These advocates persuade and gather many supporters for their cause. Sometimes they get their point across, resulting in events going the way they want. Other times, however, things don't go as planned, resulting in defeat. Like the activists, Sammy, the protagonist of John Updike's short story "A&P," stands up for what he considers moral, only to be disappointed. On a scorching hot summer day, Sammy, a teenage employee at an A&P grocery store, is working the cash register when three women his age enter barefoot, clad only in swimsuits, to purchase herring snacks. Sammy allows the ladies to continue shopping, judging them based on their appearance like that of average teenage girls. However, this ends when Lengel, the elderly and strict manager of the store, notices the three customers and believes that they are not properly dressed....