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Huiyu Xiao

Professor Rachel Porter

English 1201

23 April 2019

Research proposal

Why so many people choose to divorce? Honestly, this has become a trauma to

myself since I was a child. My parents got divorced when I was eight, and this was out of

blue, before they divorced, I never heard they argued or anything unpleasant happened. I was

so shocked that I did not accept the fact they divorced until I was ten. My parents never have

a proper conservation to tell me the true reason they divorced. I was afraid to talk about

divorce issue because I always assume that I am the reason my parents got divorced. Now, I

was not a child anymore and I have enough courage to envisage this issue.

Ending a dead marriage with divorce is a manifestation of social progress. It is also a

symbol of civilization to use a rational attitude and solve legal divorce through legal means.

However, just as marriage is not a child's play, divorce is a matter that should be treated with

special care. There will always be some setbacks and crises in long-term marriage life, and

there will be periodic “aversion periods” between husband and wife. I think don't have to

rush to make a decision when the conflict is fierce. People can take a period of time for

calming down and then they should work together to solve the problem. Maybe the situation

will be better after a while. Even if people still have to get a divorce in the end, dealing with

it in a calm manner will cause the two sides to suffer less pain. In particular, divorce cannot

be used as a means of getting rid of contradictions and troubles. If people don't learn from the

failed marriage, they still have a naive idea about marriage and family, and they will be afraid

of marriage in the future, and they may fall into a failed marriage again and again. Instead of

doing this, it is better to spend more energy to maintain the first marriage. I feel that more
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and more people treat divorce is an easy thing, which would not require serious thinking. In

addition, some of my friends got divorced three months after they married! I feel they never

treat marriage is holy and need both sides to respect it. I would like to do a research about

how many people did not treat their marriage seriously.

I am interested in find out about how many people get divorced in China for a year.

How many people got divorced all over the world a year? Is there any difference between

different generations divorce reasons? Whether divorce is a better solution for a failed

marriage? How many factors influence marriage divorce?