Desiree And Armand Dialectical Journal

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In this passage, Desiree is a young, nice, innocent woman. Living a very good and normal life until she was heartbroken by her husband. Desiree is the ages between 18-20 years old. She met a man named “Armand” who became her husband. Armand sees Desiree standing against the stoner pillar, “eighteen years before.” She is young, but not young enough not to become a bride. Armand falls in love with apparently at first sight, “as if struck by a pistol shot.” The irony is that he had actually meets her when he is eight years old, but didn’t recognised her because she is so pretty and at the age of being able to marry. They got married and Desiree gave birth to a healthy baby boy, but she is shocked to see her baby. Her baby isn’t white

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