A young boy lives on a dead-ended street, in a house where a priest had died in. Across the street from him loved a lovely “brown” girl, named Mangan. He would spy on her daily; he knew her usual routine of playing out in her yard until her sister called her in for supper. He would wake up in the mornings and peek out a window in his front parlor waiting for her to come out of her house so she could walk to school. After Mangan emerged and walk down the block a bit the boy ran down a hall in his house and would rush out the door to follow behind her, and then pass her often saying nothing, but sometimes exchanging a word or two. One day however the young boy had a conversation with Mangan, they talked about an upcoming bazaar and asked each other if they were going. Mengan said she could not go because of a retreat she had to attend, the boy replied that if he were to go he would surely bring her back something. The day of the bazaar arrived and the boy waited for his uncle to return all day with money for him to go to the bazaar, when his uncle finally arrived he said he had completely forgotten about the matter but the boy could still go. After arriving at the bazaar the boy realized most of the vendors were already closed, and then he walked up to a stand that sold beautiful glass vases and tea sets. When the woman working at the stand approached the young boy and asked if he needed help, he responded “no” but lingered after she walked away admiring the different things the woman had to sell. When he finally turned to walk away he realized what a fool he was, foolishly in love with a person who showed nothing in return, which left the boy feeling angry and tortured inside.
Reader Response
This was a pretty confusing story to follow. It had vivid imagery but was a little weird. I don’t understand why the writer felt the need to mention the priest that had died, and the ending was really weird. I don’t understand why the boy felt so emotional, I suppose he realized that he was hopelessly in love with a person who barely noticed he existed and he was wasting his time trying to buy her a gift. But it the story kind of left me feeling like I did not know where the story was headed and left me with lots of unanswered questions. I liked the imagery in this story but over-all didn’t like the story.
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