The United States has always been a country which advocates freedom for its citizens- the freedom of speech, religion, even the freedom to decide if a marriage must end. Divorce rates have always been notoriously high in the Land of the Free, and many people wonder why. Is it something to do with our culture?
In Dinesh D'Souza's essay "Becoming American" (289), he says that "Americans marry in a rather peculiar way: by falling in love." Indeed, many cultures do not see love as a very practical way of choosing a suitor. Instead they tend to rely on common sense, such as the family background of a person, their religion, reliability, political stance, and so on. In fact, in D'Souza's home land of India, if a person decides to wed a person who is obviously a poor choice, it is up to the neighborhood to gently guide the amorous couple in a very different direction.
When considering how poorly some marriages in our country fare, such actions on the half of the community seem very......
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