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Marrying Absurb
Title: Marrying Absurb
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 754 | Pages: 3.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Marrying Absurb
In “Marrying Absurd,“ Joan Didion describes her feelings toward Las Vegas thorugh her description of “quickie” Las Vegas marriages. Even though she never says her feelings towards marriages directly, Didion conveys her feeling of contempt toward them through her descriptions and tone.
She starts out by first describing the reason for the increase in Las Vegas marriages. Due to a Presidential Order that said that August 26, 1965 will be the last day in which a man …showed first 75 words of 754 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 754 total…this description, Didion shows that Las Vegas weddings create a veil of illusion over the participants. This veil of illusion makes the situation seem ideal instead of exposing it for the miserable situation it really is.
Though Didion’s thesis might not be immediately evident, through her descriptions of her observations, Didion shows that Las Vegas weddings is not a respectable way to get married. She believes that Las Vegas weddings are tacky and tasteless.
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