In Kate Chopin's short story ¨Desiree's Baby¨, Irony is the main point of the story. Situational Irony is shown throughout the story. This starts with the unknown past of Desiree and concluding with the realization of what Armand had done to his wife. In the story it is stated between context of how the racial superiority is for the family's name. Armand once said how much he adored and loved his wife, but later led her to kill herself along with their baby. ¨That is, the girls obscure origin. Armand looked into her eyes and did not care. He was reminded that she was nameless.¨(1) No matter what anyone said he still adored the lost soul, but later came to drive himself to distance them from one another. How could you say you will never look
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When Armand had laid his eyes on her, he instantly fell in love and just knew that she was perfect for him. He did not care that he knew nothing of her past, all he knew as that he loved her. A proud father so happy that now he has a son to carry his name, a beautiful wife, and so much more, nothing could ruin that. But what was unexpected was the way things would change after the color of the baby's skin, became dark. He came quick to assume, that it was not him because his family was well documented, so therefore it had to be from Desiree's family, due to she knows nothing of her past. ¨That the child is not white; it means that you are not white.¨(3) The wretched reality of racial discrimination, to a person he loved oh so much, is what will tear them …show more content…
As he set everything she owned on fire, he came across a tiny bundle of letters. Then he found one little letter in the back of the drawer, but it was not Desirees. As he read the letter, he suddenly knew what he had done. Armand was the black one, not Desiree. ¨Night and day, 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.¨(4) He is the reason that Desiree was driven to kill herself, but he was the one who did wrong the whole time. All that Armand knew was that if anyone was to find out, it would be him who shamed the family name. Armand, was too quick to judge, and it resulted in him losing the one person who he once said he could never live without. ¨Armand Aubigny riding by and seeing her there, had fallen in love with her. That was the way all Daubigny's fell in love, as if struck by a pistol shot.¨(1) Armand had once loved his wife, and now alone he lost the one who loved him through it all. The story tells how a thought can change something so quickly when you take it out of proportion, when all of the facts are not there, and how these can lead to someone feeling out of place, out of touch, and soon,
When Armand had laid his eyes on her, he instantly fell in love and just knew that she was perfect for him. He did not care that he knew nothing of her past, all he knew as that he loved her. A proud father so happy that now he has a son to carry his name, a beautiful wife, and so much more, nothing could ruin that. But what was unexpected was the way things would change after the color of the baby's skin, became dark. He came quick to assume, that it was not him because his family was well documented, so therefore it had to be from Desiree's family, due to she knows nothing of her past. ¨That the child is not white; it means that you are not white.¨(3) The wretched reality of racial discrimination, to a person he loved oh so much, is what will tear them …show more content…
As he set everything she owned on fire, he came across a tiny bundle of letters. Then he found one little letter in the back of the drawer, but it was not Desirees. As he read the letter, he suddenly knew what he had done. Armand was the black one, not Desiree. ¨Night and day, 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.¨(4) He is the reason that Desiree was driven to kill herself, but he was the one who did wrong the whole time. All that Armand knew was that if anyone was to find out, it would be him who shamed the family name. Armand, was too quick to judge, and it resulted in him losing the one person who he once said he could never live without. ¨Armand Aubigny riding by and seeing her there, had fallen in love with her. That was the way all Daubigny's fell in love, as if struck by a pistol shot.¨(1) Armand had once loved his wife, and now alone he lost the one who loved him through it all. The story tells how a thought can change something so quickly when you take it out of proportion, when all of the facts are not there, and how these can lead to someone feeling out of place, out of touch, and soon,