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Minnesota State University Moorhead
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ENGL-183 | Introduction to the American Short Story
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2020
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Desiree’s Baby Discussion Kate Chopin’s < Desiree’s Baby= is a very interesting short story with an interesting plot. In the story Desiree had a baby, but the baby was darker than it should’ve been which led to a falling out between the baby’s parents. Desiree ending up leaving her husband who later found out the truth about himself, his father, and his child. In Chopin’s story the setting played a very important part. Desiree is the daughter of Madame Valmonde. Later on Desiree met her soon to be husband Armand Aubigny who was a racist slave owner from Louisiana. In the early and mid 1900’s racism was still prominent especially in the south where most of the story took place. Later on in the story Desiree became pregnant with a child. She was happy when he was born, but her mother was not as she did not believe that the baby was Desiree’s because of his darker complexion. Desiree’s husband was happy and proud to be the baby’s father, but after his complexion never lightened he began to deny the baby of being his. In the story Chopin stated, < And the very spirit of Satan seemed suddenly to take hold of him in his dealings with the slaves.= Armand was a slave owner and he was not very fond of black people, he more than likely believed that Desiree was not white. This conflicts him because he is a slave owner, how can he be a slave owner with a black wife and child. Desiree soon left and Armand found out that the child was his and he was the one who was not white. In conclusion during the 1900’s racism and slavery were still very prominent and I believe that Armand’s wife could not bear children and that he got one of his slaves pregnant so that he and his wife could raise a child together.

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