Analysis of Desiree's Baby
Desiree 's Baby
“Desiree’s Baby” is a story about race, in Kate Chopin’s story. The reader begins to be aware that there is a mystery about that child’s parentage, when Desiree gives birth to her child. Besides Desiree’s racist husband, he finds out that she was born from black parents. The story of Desiree’s Baby is about race, it is a mystery about the child’s parentage.
“Armand will never know that his mother belongs to the race that he is cursed with the band of slavery” (Chopin, 4). During that time period, the white men and women could not stand the black African Americans. The white men would rape the female African American slaves, almost all the time. Just because the parents are white does not mean the baby is going to be that race. Armand hated Africans “and during his life “Negros had forgotten how to be gay”” (Chopin 2). When thinking about what Armand is doing after he leaves the hospital, genetics carry down family members throughout centuries.
Even though Desiree had a white mom raised by a black family; she still is a white mom. Armand is viewed as a “…stone image: silent, White and motionless” not a bright vibrant person as Desiree (Erickson 2). Slaves were used for decades to walk picking corn, cotton, and/or wheat for their white slave owners. Slavery is what caused the Civil War. In the story Armand hates negroes. Armand hasn’t punished one of “his slaves since the birth of his son (Chopin 2) When slaves were in the fields, the white slave owners would sit back and watch them do all of the hard manual work. Armand’s dad is black and he did not know about his own race. When Armando storms out of the hospital to go burn Desiree’s stuff, she feels helpless because her parents were black.
“That was the way all the Aubignys fell in love, as if struck by a pistol shot. The wonder was that he had not loved her before” (Korb 3). It is a crazy feeling when you fall in love with someone for the first time. When you fall in love with that someone
“Desiree’s Baby” is a story about race, in Kate Chopin’s story. The reader begins to be aware that there is a mystery about that child’s parentage, when Desiree gives birth to her child. Besides Desiree’s racist husband, he finds out that she was born from black parents. The story of Desiree’s Baby is about race, it is a mystery about the child’s parentage.
“Armand will never know that his mother belongs to the race that he is cursed with the band of slavery” (Chopin, 4). During that time period, the white men and women could not stand the black African Americans. The white men would rape the female African American slaves, almost all the time. Just because the parents are white does not mean the baby is going to be that race. Armand hated Africans “and during his life “Negros had forgotten how to be gay”” (Chopin 2). When thinking about what Armand is doing after he leaves the hospital, genetics carry down family members throughout centuries.
Even though Desiree had a white mom raised by a black family; she still is a white mom. Armand is viewed as a “…stone image: silent, White and motionless” not a bright vibrant person as Desiree (Erickson 2). Slaves were used for decades to walk picking corn, cotton, and/or wheat for their white slave owners. Slavery is what caused the Civil War. In the story Armand hates negroes. Armand hasn’t punished one of “his slaves since the birth of his son (Chopin 2) When slaves were in the fields, the white slave owners would sit back and watch them do all of the hard manual work. Armand’s dad is black and he did not know about his own race. When Armando storms out of the hospital to go burn Desiree’s stuff, she feels helpless because her parents were black.
“That was the way all the Aubignys fell in love, as if struck by a pistol shot. The wonder was that he had not loved her before” (Korb 3). It is a crazy feeling when you fall in love with someone for the first time. When you fall in love with that someone
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