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In the short story, Desiree’s Baby, Kate Chopin there is a sense of karma and consequences that are used in the story wrote that. The story explores the problem of a man’s pride overcoming the love he has for his wife and race. In the short story, Desiree’s baby by Kate Chopin the character Armand Aubigny is racist, in denial and mean.
In the story, Armand is a slave owner in Louisiana. In addition, the historical background puts race and heritage into the story as the key points to be seen and understood. The theory that I am applying in my story is that of Cultural Studies. The cultural studies theory concentrates on how and the way a particular subject relates to a social class, ideology, gender, ethnicity, and nationality. Armand Aubigny’s environment and childhood influences his lifestyle and beliefs to accept racial discrimination as common. By owning a family name that represents a boastful heritage “that is the oldest and proudest in Louisiana,” and a place in society as a plantation owner, Aubigny has superiority over the blacks (Chopin, n.a, 2). Therefore, Aubigny, confident that he is a white, a male, and a master in control automatically looks for a black mother Desiree, his wife to blame as soon as he realizes his son resembles a quadroon one quarter black. Because of his regular habit of racial prejudice, Aubigny betrays his loved ones and undergoes the trauma of receiving the news that his family is black.
Armand Aubigny is like the other men in his family and fell instantly in love with Desiree; however, he had seen her many times before the day he passed her standing outside the Valmondes ' gate. He claimed that unknown origin and lack of name did not bother him because he could give her a good-standing name that had held prominence for years. When their child is not completely white, he agrees she should leave, never once believing the child 's genes could be from his side of the family. Armand is harsh with his slaves until Desiree enters his
In the story, Armand is a slave owner in Louisiana. In addition, the historical background puts race and heritage into the story as the key points to be seen and understood. The theory that I am applying in my story is that of Cultural Studies. The cultural studies theory concentrates on how and the way a particular subject relates to a social class, ideology, gender, ethnicity, and nationality. Armand Aubigny’s environment and childhood influences his lifestyle and beliefs to accept racial discrimination as common. By owning a family name that represents a boastful heritage “that is the oldest and proudest in Louisiana,” and a place in society as a plantation owner, Aubigny has superiority over the blacks (Chopin, n.a, 2). Therefore, Aubigny, confident that he is a white, a male, and a master in control automatically looks for a black mother Desiree, his wife to blame as soon as he realizes his son resembles a quadroon one quarter black. Because of his regular habit of racial prejudice, Aubigny betrays his loved ones and undergoes the trauma of receiving the news that his family is black.
Armand Aubigny is like the other men in his family and fell instantly in love with Desiree; however, he had seen her many times before the day he passed her standing outside the Valmondes ' gate. He claimed that unknown origin and lack of name did not bother him because he could give her a good-standing name that had held prominence for years. When their child is not completely white, he agrees she should leave, never once believing the child 's genes could be from his side of the family. Armand is harsh with his slaves until Desiree enters his
References: Chopin, K. Desiree 's Baby. (1892) Retrieved from shortstories http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/DesiBaby.shtml