Teenage love is one of the greatest and most fascinating events in one’s life

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Araby and Veronica’s poetry
Teenage love is one of the greatest and most fascinating events in one’s life. It is a stage
in life when an individual is going to venture in a completely new word of confusion and a whole
turn around in feelings. Being a very sensitive stage in life, it takes a lot of concern by the people
around the teenager to help go through the process of self- discovery.
In the short story, Araby, we encounter a young boy who just hit the adolescence age.. In
my own opinion, when the boy noticed Mangan’s sister, he was afraid to approach her and even
express his feelings towards her. This did not happen because the boy might not have had an
opportunity to open up to anyone before. Falling in love with this girl served as an eye opener to
the boy who has now found something to adore. He spends most of his time thinking about her
and this always preoccupied his mind to an extend that he does not have anything else to do. He
no longer plays with his friends as he used to, he even waits for her to leave her house then he
would follow closely without speaking. This is the kind of loneliness he goes through all for
love. This boy fell in love with Mangan’s sister who he doesn’t know. This affirms how love is
blind and is unseen. The girl is not able to tell that he is in love with her while the boy is hoping
that he could attend the bazaar and would buy something nice to show how much he loves her.
However, this does not happen and the boy feels disillusioned. What he thought was going to