A Literary Analysis Of Desiree's Baby By Kate Chopin
In the short story, “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin, the author portrays the life of the couple names Armand and Desiree in a small town called L’Abri. When Madame Valmonde – the one who adopted Desiree- hears the news about the baby, she quickly rushes to the couple and realizes that the baby isn’t white where Armend becomes reticent towards Desiree for days. When Desiree questions about the baby’s skin, Armend says “that the child is not white; it means that you are not white” (Chopin 3). Armend uses the knowledge about Desiree’s unknown parents to blame her for the shame that she is placing on his life. Likewise, Chopin was also lost both of her parents at a young age, so she didn’t know a lot about her parents, but luckily her husband wasn’t
like Armend because if he was like Armend, she could have ended up like Desiree. In addition, the author says “…he no longer loved her, because of the unconscious injury she had brought upon his home and his name” (Chopin 4). It implies that as white slaves owner from a well-known family, he sees this is the dead to his pride and reputation in front of the people where he unloved Desiree. Through the biography and history lenses, it uncovers how true love is blind by color in the area where Desiree lives at the time through these two quotations. Similar to the Chopin, she also receives a lot of racism and negative perceptions due to the fact that she was considered the first woman’s author who writes about races, colors, and genders. The story manipulates the readers to think that Armand cheated on Desiree yet in the end, it reveals how he isn’t a cheater and that Armand gets the black heritage from his mother. Assumption is always the root to many problems in life where people just assume things and don’t even to bother to check if it is right or wrong which leads to many serious consequences like how Armand loses his love one; Desiree, due to the little fact that she isn’t genuine white.
like Armend because if he was like Armend, she could have ended up like Desiree. In addition, the author says “…he no longer loved her, because of the unconscious injury she had brought upon his home and his name” (Chopin 4). It implies that as white slaves owner from a well-known family, he sees this is the dead to his pride and reputation in front of the people where he unloved Desiree. Through the biography and history lenses, it uncovers how true love is blind by color in the area where Desiree lives at the time through these two quotations. Similar to the Chopin, she also receives a lot of racism and negative perceptions due to the fact that she was considered the first woman’s author who writes about races, colors, and genders. The story manipulates the readers to think that Armand cheated on Desiree yet in the end, it reveals how he isn’t a cheater and that Armand gets the black heritage from his mother. Assumption is always the root to many problems in life where people just assume things and don’t even to bother to check if it is right or wrong which leads to many serious consequences like how Armand loses his love one; Desiree, due to the little fact that she isn’t genuine white.