Analysis Of Arranged Marriages

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On the other hand, arrange marriages are defective in a person life due to lack of freedom because people don't have a freedom to choose their life partner for their life which can cause the breaking the relationship early. According to the article "Lessons From an Arranged Marriage," the author states that "You can stay with someone for your whole life, even if you are completely mismatched" (Kollas 2). Likewise, in arrange marriages people are not aware of a person strength and weaknesses because a family chooses a partner for their children. Therefore, if a partner is not comfortable with husband/wife still, they have to stay together for their family reputation.Also, they don't have freedom to elect their own life decision by themselves.

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