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The short story “Desiree’s Baby” is a short story written by the American author Kate Chopin. The story is about a white young lady that falls in love with a young white slave owner. they fall in love after a while they get married and they have a child. Armand stopped treating his slaves bad and treats them better, desiree is happy to see him change after she gave him a child to bare his name After having the child everything changes in Desiree’s life because of the color of the baby she gave birth to. Armand stopped loving desiree after they noticed they child is of black ancestry. The author uses different kinds of conflicts throughout the story to make it more interesting for the reader. In “Desiree’s Baby”, Kate Chopin uses multiple conflicts to develop the plot of the story in order to keep the reader engaged. …show more content…
the story setting is based in a time when slavery was common and black people were treated as less than white people, it was actually a disgrace for white people to be mixed with black people. After Desiree gives birth to Armands child people's view of Desiree change because they believe she’s part black. the setting of the story being slavery-related makes the views of society change because black people were viewed as lower than white people. This makes Desiree doubt her own ancestry and asks her mother to prove that desire is a pure white lady and not related to a nigger. In the story Desiree writes a letter to her “mother, they tell me I am not white. Armand has told me I am not white. For GOD’s sake tell them it's not true. you must know it is not true”.( Desiree’s Baby, Chopin Kate, 2) Desiree’s mother responds to her letter with a very brief “My own Desiree: come home to almond: back to your mother that loves you. come to my child.” (Desiree’s Baby, Chopin Kate,

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