Article on Love — By Ketivinne Anrich

My parents have an interracial marriage. My mom is from Taiwan, and my dad is from India. They met in Australia and had known each other for 6 months before getting married, which isn’t long at all. They came from different cultures and different backgrounds, but they could still get along very well. In society, there was the growing idea that it doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from to find love, which is something my parents have proved. Society guides the feelings that we call “love” in a way that influences our choice in age, class, and a lot of other factors, because we all want to fit in. Although many people want to fit in and stay to general norms, I don’t think society guides the feeling that we call “love.” Love can be unique to each person, and can cause healthy relationships or relationships that aren’t so strong. So although love is unique, I think love is guided by society.

There are also norms set by society, such as people having to always like someone, or people are paired up based on their looks, grades, and class and race. Although some people follow these and think they have to be the same age to love someone, be the same race, I don’t think that concludes in “love.” I think this ends as a reputation situation. So, there are many people that think they love someone when they really don’t, can be a pattern in society and what other people think about others’ love can influence the feelings we call “love.”

Written by Ketivinne Anrich ( 9th Grade short essay assignment)