In "Marrying Absurd" by Joan Didion, what is the tone of the essay? give a supporting quote and how it shows the tone.
The tone of "Marrying Absurd" by Joan Didion is detached and ironic.
One supporting quote that demonstrates this tone is: "It occurred to me during the chapel service that almost every trace of the original impulse behind the extraordinary enterprise of the chapel had vanished, that it had all got out of hand. The Chapel of the Fountain of the Bells was for the most part, then, a testament to a most peculiar human individualism."
This quote shows the detached and ironic tone as Didion observes the absurdity of the Las Vegas wedding industry and the way it has strayed from its original purpose. She uses dry humor and a sense of detachment to comment on the superficial nature of the solemn act of marriage in Las Vegas.