Article Review: Is Arranged Marriage Worse than Craigslist? by Anita Jain
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Unit 3 Assignment 1
EN 1420
Summary Response for “Is Arranged Marriage Really Worse than Craigslist?”
By Anita Jain
Summary
In this essay, the author recounts on numerous instances I her past dealing with being set up for potential arranged husbands. Her father spent most of her dating life finding suitable potential husbands for her that met his standards. Over the years, she had experienced countless scenarios that made her more experienced. She wrote that she began to realize that she did not think that it was necessary to date someone for years before marriage and that only a few months would be enough time for her to know if she wants to marry someone.
Response
I found this essay to be very interesting and new to me, because it gives insight on a very important aspect of a culture that is not known to most Americans. I like how the author grabs the reader’s attention with the use of several personal experiences of dating involving potential husbands for an arranged marriage. This essay also relates to my topic of how important parental approval is in marriage, because it shows the extreme end of the spectrum. Arranged marriage takes parental approval to an extreme, and allows me to give evidence of how important parental approval is to some families from other places. Although, the author uses great strategies to convince the reader of her beliefs, I still do not feel that I would like to be involved in an arranged marriage. I do realize that there are some pros and cons, but I would rather meet someone who I really love and marry that man.
Unit 3 Assignment 1
EN 1420
Summary Response for “Is Arranged Marriage Really Worse than Craigslist?”
By Anita Jain
Summary
In this essay, the author recounts on numerous instances I her past dealing with being set up for potential arranged husbands. Her father spent most of her dating life finding suitable potential husbands for her that met his standards. Over the years, she had experienced countless scenarios that made her more experienced. She wrote that she began to realize that she did not think that it was necessary to date someone for years before marriage and that only a few months would be enough time for her to know if she wants to marry someone.
Response
I found this essay to be very interesting and new to me, because it gives insight on a very important aspect of a culture that is not known to most Americans. I like how the author grabs the reader’s attention with the use of several personal experiences of dating involving potential husbands for an arranged marriage. This essay also relates to my topic of how important parental approval is in marriage, because it shows the extreme end of the spectrum. Arranged marriage takes parental approval to an extreme, and allows me to give evidence of how important parental approval is to some families from other places. Although, the author uses great strategies to convince the reader of her beliefs, I still do not feel that I would like to be involved in an arranged marriage. I do realize that there are some pros and cons, but I would rather meet someone who I really love and marry that man.