Analysis of Desiree’s Baby
Although the story ‘Desiree’s Baby’ shows numerous similarities in the actions of the people during the civil war in the antebellum south, contrast contributes a vast majority of Armand and Desiree’s assumptions and perceptions during their conflict in the story. Class, gender, racism, and marriage all play a vital role within the conflict that they go through throughout ‘Desiree’s Baby’. Natural Imagery is also very crucial in the story as well. To begin with, Armand’s pride and Desiree’s Love can be considered equal throughout the story, however, also very different in comparison. Armand is portrayed as a man who is rich and high class. His family name which he thought was, “one of the oldest and proudest in Louisiana”, made him feel important and untouchable. Armand had so much pride that he did not even questions his own darkness; he only …show more content…
Him being a slave owner helped influence him that there was no possibility that it was his fault and he could not let the race of the baby and his wife ruin his name. He felt that his pride would have been hurt because of the shame that he thought his wife had brought upon them. He had so much pride that he told the love of his life and his own born child to leave all because he thought they were black. Desiree shows an extreme amount of unconditional love throughout the story as she encounters a horrible conflict. Armand “fell in love, as if struck by a pistol shot” (Chopin 75), which suddenly changed when he assumed that the darker color of the baby was coming from the mother’s side. Even though Armand immediately blamed Desiree for the conflict, Desiree recognized that even she was lighter than Armand but, never once questioned Armand and asked if it could be from his side all because of his class. He was a slave owner with a powerful and well-known name in which no one thought anything like that would happen but, because of
Although the story ‘Desiree’s Baby’ shows numerous similarities in the actions of the people during the civil war in the antebellum south, contrast contributes a vast majority of Armand and Desiree’s assumptions and perceptions during their conflict in the story. Class, gender, racism, and marriage all play a vital role within the conflict that they go through throughout ‘Desiree’s Baby’. Natural Imagery is also very crucial in the story as well. To begin with, Armand’s pride and Desiree’s Love can be considered equal throughout the story, however, also very different in comparison. Armand is portrayed as a man who is rich and high class. His family name which he thought was, “one of the oldest and proudest in Louisiana”, made him feel important and untouchable. Armand had so much pride that he did not even questions his own darkness; he only …show more content…
Him being a slave owner helped influence him that there was no possibility that it was his fault and he could not let the race of the baby and his wife ruin his name. He felt that his pride would have been hurt because of the shame that he thought his wife had brought upon them. He had so much pride that he told the love of his life and his own born child to leave all because he thought they were black. Desiree shows an extreme amount of unconditional love throughout the story as she encounters a horrible conflict. Armand “fell in love, as if struck by a pistol shot” (Chopin 75), which suddenly changed when he assumed that the darker color of the baby was coming from the mother’s side. Even though Armand immediately blamed Desiree for the conflict, Desiree recognized that even she was lighter than Armand but, never once questioned Armand and asked if it could be from his side all because of his class. He was a slave owner with a powerful and well-known name in which no one thought anything like that would happen but, because of