In “ Desiree’s Baby” Desiree decided it would be easier to walk into a swamp and kill herself rather than live. This is wrong because she hurt her family and she could have became happy again if she didn't kill herself. In the passage it says,” My own Desiree: Come home to Valmonde; back to your mother who loves you.” This shows how much her family cared and loved for her that they'd still love her even if she was biracial. This also shows how hurt they were when they heard that she had committed suicide because they loved her so much. If she would have went back to Valmonde she could have lived a happy life.
When Desiree walked into the swamp she was holding her baby and taking it with her. In the passage it …show more content…
She had so many other options and they all would have ended up with her being happy. The Valmondes treated desiree like a gift from god. Desiree could have went back home ,or she could have moved to the north ,or France because there is no segregation in France or up north. She also could have just moved out and lived alone with her baby if she had to.
Although some people think it was right for Desiree to kill herself and the baby because she might not have been happy. These people are wrong because suicided is always the last option. She had many other options and places that she could have gone to be happy. She also was in the wrong because it is against the law to murder people.
Desiree’s decision was wrong because suicide is never the answer, murder is wrong, and she had other options. Suicide and murder is and will always be the wrong thing to