Araby

I have to say I really did not enjoy this story. I found it relatively pointless. The main character is in love with his friend's sister whom he never speaks to with the exception of a brief conversation about going to a bazaar. He decides to buy her something from it and goes, however, due to his uncle's late arrival at home he doesn't get to the bazaar until close to 10 and most places are already closed. He ends up not buying anything and is very distessed. I wonder if this ending is a metaphor for his relationship with the sister. This was his chance to start something with her but now he cannot. He doesn't know what to say to her and just like the end to his night at the bazaar, he will be too late. The way the main character handles his feelings for his crush make me wonder how old he is. 13? 14? old enough to be melodramatic but young enough to have not grown out of that and live with his aunt and uncle and attend school. I can identify with the unrequited love and its anguish but I cannot stand reading about it for an entire story. Maybe I'm too jaded or cynical to be able to put up with it but it just annoys me. If you are so in love with the girl do something about it. I did appreciate some of the writer's descriptions, especially of the rain being like needles and the way they fall in the garden beds.