"A & P" literary element

I think the main literary element in the short story "A & P" was setting. The three sizes of setting are Micro, Meso, and Macro. The Micro size consists of zoomed in all the way locations as in hte most specific location in the story. In the Meso size, the settings are a little less specific than the Micro size. As in, now, 2012 or Louisiana, if we were to talk about my life at the very moment. The Macro level are the locations that are the most general. In my life, that would include the United States or the modern world. Then, there are four parts of the three levels. The four are Physical, Temporal, Social, and Phycological. In the Physical part, that is the physical details of the setting. The Temporal setting is the duration or historical time. The Social setting is exactly as it sounds. The final, Phycological setting is the mood of the story.

In "A & P, "the Micro, Physical level consisted of the specific places in the A & P store, like the aisles or registers. The Micro, Temporal level is Thursday, the day that the story takes place, afternoon in a ten to fifteen minute duration. The Micro, Social level includes the rules of the store and the coworkers relationship, Sammy and his coworker friend Stokesie. Also, it includes Sammy to his boss relationship and Sammy and the girls' relationship to each other. The Micro, Phycological level explains the store, which is boring, empty, dull, plain, etc. The Meso, Physical level includes the A & P store and what's in it like the checkered floor, the fluorescent lights, and the products. The  Meso, Temporal level includes the summer. The  Meso, Social level explains the "sheep," Sammy's work and family, and the beach colony town. The  Meso, Phycological level includes how Sammy is optimistic, silly, a little inappropriate, and a bit creepy. The final level, the Macro, Physical includes the middle of town, five miles from the beach, and north of Boston, in New England, United States, is where the story generally takes place. The Macro, Temporal level shows the year, the late 50s, early 60s and (in the end) a big life perspective. The Macro, Social level says that in the story, it shows the life cycle of the town, the class conflict, classism, and the attitude towards women of that time. The Macro, Phycological level explains how hard the work would be in those times.

This is the make up of setting in the short story "A & P" by John Updike.