The Character Response

What personal qualities help or hinder a person's growth?

In the short story that I read (A&P), Sammy put himself in an unnecesary position to impress a few girls.  He decide to quit his job at A&P because he wanted to help and draw attention away from the three girls in bikinis.  It was a stupid decision to make because he gained nothing from quitting and like he said at the end, ''I felt how hard the world was going to be to me hereafter.''  Sammy has to think about the possible outcomes that could happen before he does something idiotic.  The only thing he cared about was impressing the three girls and they didn't even wait for him outside.  He should have thought about how dissapointed him parents were going to be after he quit or how he wouldn't have any spending money until he gets a new job.  In conclusion you could say that Sammy could have either kept things the way they are by not quitting or he could have quit and sufferedthe consequences.  Well as you can clearly see, he made the wrong choice. He just has to remember to assess the situation before hand.