Can anyone provide a critical analysis of the short story "The Taste of Watermelon" by Borden Deal?

"The
Taste of Watermelon" is a coming-of-age story about a sixteen year-old-boy who goes a long
way in maturing from a boy to a man in the course of one evening in which he steals a
watermelon.

The narrator is a newcomer to a farming town. Watermelon stealing
is a time-honored activity for teenage boys and is not even really considered stealing. The
narrator and his two friends look longing at a giant watermelon, the biggest ever seen growing
in the middle of Mr. Wills's watermelon patch, and at Mr. Wills's desirable daughter, Willadean.
Because Mr. Wills is so fierce and mean, however, they are afraid to approach either of these
desired objects. Mr. Wills is especially protective of his watermelon, guarding it at night with
his shotgun.

Nevertheless, the narrator decides impulsively one night to
steal the melon. He does so successfully, even though it had seemed to be the impossible task.
He and his two friends feast on what they can of the delicious melon, but, as narrator says,
the...