I would hate a arranged marriage. I think a person should marry who they want and that's that. It's such a big thing, I don't think parents should tell you who to love and start a family with. Arranged marriages just make me feel uncomfortable. I was so happy when the 3 daughters all decided to run off and marry who they wanted...even if it pissed off their family.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Erin's Jewish Tradition
The Jewish tradition I most noticed in the musical "Fiddler on the Roof" was arranged marriage. The matchmaker was there to arrange the marriage between the oldest daughter and the butcher. But, she did not marry the butcher, she chose who she married....which was very against this tradition. For a while, marriage was just a way to take care of issues: settle arguments between families, settle debts, come into money, even end a war. So the parents would arrange the marriage with a person of their choice to take care of this issue. Many were involved in economics, not love.
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I agree with Erin. I would not like having an arranged marriage. I believe that it is just downright sick. What if you didn't know the person? Well you're stuck with them anyways! I think not. It's wrong. People should get to choose who they get to be "in love" with instead of forced. I'm glad that arranged marriages are not part of my family's tradition because it seems to me that a majority of arranged marriages didn't go down too well.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Erin about arranged marriages. I would not want to have an arranged marriage. I believe it is not up to the parents to tell their child who to” love” but up to the individual themselves. I think that not having an arranged marriages has some advantage: first off, you get to actually know the person, learn to grow up and not be scared of boys, and find someone that fits with you.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with Erin. I would hate to have an arranged marriage. I believe that people should marry who they want to, no matter what society has to say about it. Arranged marriages might have worked out in the past, but in today’s society there is no way that they would work. Today’s young people are very individualistic and an arranged marriage would not go over well. I think that people should marry for love, not for money, and not because their parents or society want them to.
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