Marrying Absurd

     Joan Didion uses specific details in her essay to describe the Las Vegas- style wedding such as the bride must be eighteen or has parental permission and the bridegroon must be twenty- one or has parental permission. The bride wears a veil and white satin pumps and the bridegroom is dress in a white dinner jacket, and even an attendant or two, a sister or best friend in hot pink. The organist will be playing "When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever" and then a few bars of Lohengrin. The father will then invite the chapel hostess to have a drink at the Sands.Everyone is given champagne ("on the house") except the bride who is too young to  be served. Joan Didion sees the Las Vegas wedding reflecting American culture because there are similarities such as the age of the bride and the bridegroom, the dress code and the use of champagne.