Overall, I would say that the relationship between Jonas's
parents is not anything like what we would call a
marriage.
To begin with, there is of course no sexual
attraction between the two of them as there would be in a marriage. Once people start
to have "stirrings" they take medicine to suppress them. Therefore, his parents are not
attracted to each other the way married people should
be.
Second, there is no romantic love going on between them
either. The two of them did not meet and fall in love. They are just assigned to live
together and to raise the kids to be "normal" members of their
society.
So marriage in this society is much different from
ours. Jonas's parents seem to get along together well, but they are more of friends
rather than being in love the way married people in our society would
be.
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