Her Husband Exposed In Desiree's Baby

How Desiree reacts and how she handles the situation with her husband leaving her and her child, you can better understand why Louise Mallord reacts the way she does about her husband's so called death. Desiree's story takes place in the late 1800s and that certain period of time is when women were to be considered better than the slaves but by a small margin. At that time the women had no say in anything and if they did say something nobody really listened to what they had to say. In "Desiree's Baby", her husband feels as if he has complete control over her and that whatever he says goes and there is no discussion about it whatsoever . Mrs. Louise Mallord feels the need to be independent and sheds no tears for her husband's death because it was as if her husband was restraining her from doing anything she wanted. Mrs. Mallord only wanted to be independent because, at that time, late 1900’s, women all around were doing their own thing and displaying a model that women can do anything, she was following the crowd and was wanting to fulfill her desires, but her late husband, Mr. Mallord was not letting her.

Because being an independent woman such as woman having a job and going to college was so new back
He banished her because he was ashamed of their child they both brought into the world and of what race it belonged to. The same way she and her child were banished was the same way that Mrs. Louise Mallord felt. Even though she was not actually physically banished and had to leave, she felt that her husband was disregarding, “banishing” her idea of becoming a more independent woman. Using Desiree’s story you can better understand how and why Mrs Mallord felt when her husband was disregarding her request. Mrs. Mallord felt as if her husband was ashamed of her thinking and trying to be an independent woman in that