The Protagonist's (Boy) Love in ARABY.

The boys love for the girl was not a proper love affair between a young man and a
girl. The boy was too young for that. His love was just childish infatuation; a
silent adoration. He was too timid to express his love by word or deed. He just
looked at the girl whenever he had a chance. He felt small and foolish in her
presence.
Therefore he could never make his feelings known to her. He could never tell her how
much he loved her. Sometimes he followed her along the street quietly and at a respectful
distance, without a word between them. Sometimes he peeped at her from an upstairs
window of his house, lying flat on the floor to avoid being seen. Sometimes he broke out
into passionate expression like OLove, OLove, but he could never say these words in
her presence. In short his love was just a childish, foolish, one-sided affair. It only made
him suffer, still he could not give it up. This kind of love is quite common in the process
of growth from childhood to youth. This period of physical and emotional growth is
called puberty. During this period the sensitive and imaginative child develops a
deep attachment to one of the young people around him or her. Some students
fall in this kind of love with their teachers. This kind of emotional attachment is
sincere but transitory in nature. it Passes off as the child steps into youth.