Not sure how this is going to go

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I am really not sure how this is supposed to read. The excerpt we're shown is basically a boy trying to lay claim to a girl, but another boy gets there first. Miriam is supposed to be "Caleb's wife," he was supposed to pick her, he was supposed to own her. Are we supposed to like him for his anger when someone else gets there first?

I can only hope that, eventually, Caleb and Miriam run away and realize what lies Daniel has told them, and I'd like the chance to find that out, but the mentality that a woman belongs to the men is one that makes me a bit queasy. I'm sure that the stance the book is taking is that this mentality is wrong, but I wonder if Caleb ever figures that out. Miriam doesn't belong to anyone, let alone him.