Kate Chopin’s short story “Desiree’s Baby” cogitates around sexism, social class and racism. Race in terms of difference between white skin color and black skin color as it has a necessary significance in the characters’ lives over the story. At the time, bit Armand and Desiree considered themselves happy white people however, when the plot divulges their black ancestry they were face with skepticism and their lives became meaningless. Chopin uses symbolism to show white objects being positive and black objects being negative. Social class was influenced by race as black people were poor and were treated as slaves whereas white people were the slave owners and lived a luxurious lifestyle. Gender Role analyzed by Desiree’s struggles throughout
