Désirée's Baby
Désirée’s Baby was written by Kate Chopin in the year November 24, 1892, this particular story was published in Vogue on January 14, 1893. This is a story that was greatly ahead of its time, just like Kate Chopin herself. She wrote stories that made her reader’s question the decisions they may have chosen in life. Désirée’s Baby is a story of great contrast, young love, social class, and race. It was a story unlike many others at this particular point in time that it was written. There are numerous differing characteristics in Désirée’s Baby, from the personalities of Désirée herself and her husband, Armand. Also, just the way they were raised in general. Armand was raised in France and had moved to America when he was eight while Désirée had
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Even though Armand had known Désirée since his arrival in America at the age of eight, he didn’t fall in love with her until approximately ten years later. It happened in an instant, as it was known to occur among the Aubigny family, as if, “struck by a pistol shot” (Chopin 73). Even though they were young, they felt marriage was appropriate. However, Madame Valmonde felt it was essential for Armand to understand that though he was in love, that the whereabouts of where Désirée had been born and to whom she had been born from was unknown, Armand accepted this, since it didn’t matter, he was in love with Désirée, and her upbringings didn’t bother him in the …show more content…
Despite their different upbringings and that Armand had been warned that Désirée’s origin was unknown, they still fell in love and married at a young age. Though Armand was accepting of the fact that Désirée’s origin was unknown at the beginning of the relationship, he became less accepting of the unknown after he noticed his son was not white, he then blamed Désirée, for he knew both his mother and father. However, his mother was the one that was “cursed with the brand of slavery” (Chopin 77). Désirée’s Baby is a story of great contrast, which is demonstrated by the two main characters, it is also a story of young love, social class, and of
Even though Armand had known Désirée since his arrival in America at the age of eight, he didn’t fall in love with her until approximately ten years later. It happened in an instant, as it was known to occur among the Aubigny family, as if, “struck by a pistol shot” (Chopin 73). Even though they were young, they felt marriage was appropriate. However, Madame Valmonde felt it was essential for Armand to understand that though he was in love, that the whereabouts of where Désirée had been born and to whom she had been born from was unknown, Armand accepted this, since it didn’t matter, he was in love with Désirée, and her upbringings didn’t bother him in the …show more content…
Despite their different upbringings and that Armand had been warned that Désirée’s origin was unknown, they still fell in love and married at a young age. Though Armand was accepting of the fact that Désirée’s origin was unknown at the beginning of the relationship, he became less accepting of the unknown after he noticed his son was not white, he then blamed Désirée, for he knew both his mother and father. However, his mother was the one that was “cursed with the brand of slavery” (Chopin 77). Désirée’s Baby is a story of great contrast, which is demonstrated by the two main characters, it is also a story of young love, social class, and of