“I thank the good God for having so arranged our lives that our dear Armand will never know that his mother, who adores him, belongs to the race that is cursed with the brand of slavery”. How can a mother keep a secret hidden from her child for so long? The story “Desiree’s Baby” is not so much on betrayal but, acceptance, true love that is blind, and racism. Chopin paints a picture about the effect love and pride can have on our actions. Kate Chopin gives her readers an inside look on how life was in Louisiana. Through her stories, each one hits a topic in times before and after the civil war.
Kate Chopin was immediately successful and wrote short stories about people she had known in Louisiana. The story “Desiree’s Baby” connects to her life because it takes place in Louisiana. Her writing was greatly influenced by the aftermath of the war and the time she spent living in Louisiana before the American civil war. Louisiana is the landscape of Kate Chopin in which her stories morph her life journey becomes a necessary part of her fiction. Before the Civil War, …show more content…
“Desiree’s Baby” contains obvious attacks on Southern racism and male dominance. Man and woman contain elements of each gender, race is but a mixture of other races, and control can never be complete, what is seen does not define what is true. Through examining the crafted elements of this story used to blend and infuse the topics of race and gender, truth and perception in a story is exceptional. Chopin’s details in the story “Desiree’s Baby” make the story come to life, the ending of her stories make readers want more because of the fact it makes readers think. The surprise is what Kate Chopin likes to do. It is a technique that readers admire. Kate Chopin will always spark her readers with shocking news at the end because it will never be
Kate Chopin was immediately successful and wrote short stories about people she had known in Louisiana. The story “Desiree’s Baby” connects to her life because it takes place in Louisiana. Her writing was greatly influenced by the aftermath of the war and the time she spent living in Louisiana before the American civil war. Louisiana is the landscape of Kate Chopin in which her stories morph her life journey becomes a necessary part of her fiction. Before the Civil War, …show more content…
“Desiree’s Baby” contains obvious attacks on Southern racism and male dominance. Man and woman contain elements of each gender, race is but a mixture of other races, and control can never be complete, what is seen does not define what is true. Through examining the crafted elements of this story used to blend and infuse the topics of race and gender, truth and perception in a story is exceptional. Chopin’s details in the story “Desiree’s Baby” make the story come to life, the ending of her stories make readers want more because of the fact it makes readers think. The surprise is what Kate Chopin likes to do. It is a technique that readers admire. Kate Chopin will always spark her readers with shocking news at the end because it will never be