Many have to come to the realization that this world is very cruel place. People have been oppressing and taking away rights from a variety of races, ages, genders, and more. In the article “Kentucky Votes To Ban Child Marriage,” writer Elizabeth Wynne Johnson explores the laws in place throughout the United States regarding the topic of child marriages. As given in the title, Kentucky recently put a law in place stating that children will not be allowed to get married at such a young age.
According to me, child marriage should not exist at all. An incredibly large number of children have been forced into marriages all over the world. Believe it or not, this includes the United States. Even with approval from the children themselves, these marriages can turn out to be unhealthy. As Johnson explains in the article, early marriages can lead to abusive relationships, which can seriously injure (at least) one of the two people. Also in many areas, extremely young children are being forced into marriage by either their parents, their “partner”, or all of them. This can cause the child to have a very unhappy future, which in turn can cause problems such as depression, and even …show more content…
The last few vignettes of this book describe a chain of events that happened to Esperanza, and demonstrate the way it changed how she acted from that point onwards. She starts to see many realities of the world after her “coming of age” event occurred. This happened when she was abused by a boy at the carnival. This place and event used to signify happiness for her, but now she will just remember it as the place she got abused. It is now a place of fear. The place where her view on life changed forever. This realization started to occur much earlier on, when Sally was forced to kiss a group of boys in return for her keys, and no one cared or wanted to do anything about
According to me, child marriage should not exist at all. An incredibly large number of children have been forced into marriages all over the world. Believe it or not, this includes the United States. Even with approval from the children themselves, these marriages can turn out to be unhealthy. As Johnson explains in the article, early marriages can lead to abusive relationships, which can seriously injure (at least) one of the two people. Also in many areas, extremely young children are being forced into marriage by either their parents, their “partner”, or all of them. This can cause the child to have a very unhappy future, which in turn can cause problems such as depression, and even …show more content…
The last few vignettes of this book describe a chain of events that happened to Esperanza, and demonstrate the way it changed how she acted from that point onwards. She starts to see many realities of the world after her “coming of age” event occurred. This happened when she was abused by a boy at the carnival. This place and event used to signify happiness for her, but now she will just remember it as the place she got abused. It is now a place of fear. The place where her view on life changed forever. This realization started to occur much earlier on, when Sally was forced to kiss a group of boys in return for her keys, and no one cared or wanted to do anything about