Desiree Baby Research Paper

It is insane how a 3 months old Baby, just because his skin color is black, becomes the main reason for tension between a husband and his wife and causes the wife along with baby to leave and disappear for the rest of the life. Before the Baby was born, everything between Armand and Desiree was fine and there was love between them. But, after the birth of their child, Armand showed his true colors and showed that he is still bounded by the outdated culture of Louisiana which is totally obscure and a narrow -minded person who still believes that color “White” is everything. It takes courage and guts to leave a husband in a region where you have no hope and still without thinking about her husband Armand and the people, Desiree chooses to leave and accepts death. Desiree was unhappy with the attitude of her husband and was really un happy with the way her husband was treating her and the baby. And so, she decided that she will not be a slave of her husband who will abuse her and she will easily listen. Even Desiree’s mother supported her and told her to leave so that she …show more content…
When Slavery was still there in America and the men had dominance in the society, thus reflects the prejudice faced by a woman whose fault was just that he had a baby of mixed race. And many men and children were slaves which was a nightmare for them. They worked in the cotton field and did farming. These jobs were considered dirty by the white people, so they made the black people slaves to do the required jobs. When Armand said to Desiree that “It means, that the child is not white; it means that you are not white” (Chopin 541). These words reflect that Armand completely ignored his wife and his baby because the baby was not white. The Husbands were so cruel and racist in the 19th century that they did even care about their wives and were filled with pride and