This is a story that is all about a young man and how he
decides to rage against the system in which he finds himself, and which, to a certain
extent, controls his life. It is therefore well worth trying to trace the onset of this
epiphany and trying to identify what moment provided the catalyst. It appears, if we
examine the story carefully, that what was responsible above all was the way in which
Lengel spoke to the girls and embarrassed them in front of everybody else. Note what
Lengel says and how Sammy comments on it afterwards:
"Girls, I don't want to argue with you. After
this come in here with your shoulders covered. It's our policy." He turns his back.
That's policy for you. Policy is what the kingpins want. What the otehrs want is
juvenile delinquency.
It is
this moment that triggers off Sammy's decision to quit and the long, hard road ahead
that he will face because of his rejection of what society expects of him. It is
directly after this of course that Sammy finds himself still mulling over what he has
seen and heard and unable to carry on ringing up the purchases of his customer. Straight
after this, Sammy decides to quit.
No comments:
Post a Comment