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Tyler Nguyen LA per. 3 11/03/04 Marrying Absurd Commentary In the essay "Marrying Absurd," the author Joan Didion portrays not only the absurdity of the marriage business in Las Vegas, but the corruption surrounding the wedding ceremony itself. The reader is led to witness the low-budget ceremonies on offer by the Las Vegas marriage business. The city makes a joke out of the sacredness of marriage and does so by taking something that seems to be cherished and respected by Didion and most Americans, and turning it into nothing more than an exercise in instant gratification. Didion uses irony, negative tone words, and the journalistic techniques of a reporter to make the point that the wedding chapels of Las Vegas are degrading the institution of marriage. Didion begins with the declaration; "To be married in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, a bride must swear that she is eighteen or has parental permission...

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