(Conflict) Consider the possibility that Updike might have...

(Conflict) Consider the possibility that Updike might have contrasted the indoor world of the A&P where Sammy and his co-workers "existed" (synthetic, artificial) with the outdoor world from where the girls came in (natural).  Be creative, but try to point out examples from the text, and show how these two "worlds" differ.  For example, you might think about the fake, fluorescent lights  in  the  store and  the  "real" sun  outside  that  can give someone "sunburn."  Like  Plato's "Allegory of the Cave," is there a difference/contrast between the world "inside" the A&P and the outside world?