He puts him off by saying is is very young, and in the near future he will talk to Juliet about marriage to him (Paris)
Answer:
Fifteen year old Shell is the new boy in the village and quite a catch as far as the village girls are concerned, but he is focused on becoming a man in the wake of his father's terminal illness. Shell's entry into the village society does not go unnoticed by either adults or his peers. Mr. Gidharee, the most prominent resident in Cedar Grove, is especially interested in Shell as he sees him as a potential son-in-law. He presents his beautiful half-Indian daughter Rosalie and Shell is captivated.
Explanation:
<span>According to this excerpt from "Loneliness . . . an American Malady" by Carson McCullers, the paradox that people struggle with in life is that it talks about how Americans don't like to be lonely. There are a lot of people that do not want to be lonely. They want to be part of the "we" from their "I"</span>
