a Foundling

despairingly."It means," he answered lightly, "that the child is not white; it means that you are not white."(Chopin...3). Indeed, as in every story there is also a protagonist in this case “Désirée Valmonde Aubigny, a foundling who disappears with her child after her husband Armand accuses her of being part African American”(enotes...1). Désirée is the adopted daughter of the valmonde family, at the age of eighteen she falls in love with Armand, and marries him, she gives birth to a boy who…

was an American author of short stories and novels , Her important short stories included "Desiree’s Baby " . The short story takes place in Louisiana in the mid- nineteenth century . The story talks about a foundling girl named Desiree who was adopted by Monsieur and Madame Valmonde . Desiree was loved by the son of a well- known family , Armand . As a result , they married and had a child . Abandoned as a baby ,…

It was so successful that he held a concert there every year for the rest of his life. Later on, the hospital awarded him by making him governor of Foundling Hospital. Adding to that, Handel donated to a charity that helped struggling musicians and their family. Throughout time, G.F. Handel’s eyesight became worse and nothing was helping. Although he was not doing well, Handel continued to conduct…

An Orphan’s Obsession Is it Edward Pierce, Andrew Miller, Robert Jefferson, or John Simms…? The identity of the supposed foundling who committed the Great Train Robbery remains ambiguous, but the motives behind it are not. Michael Chricton’s The Great Train Robbery sheds light on Edward Pierce’s obsession with crime through information about his accomplices and impeccable criminal knowledge to prove how his obsession motivated his undertaking in this 1855 crime. The red-bearded man’s…

Some parents think that sex education is a wrong thing, and it is a thing that brings shame to them. They also say that life will teach them new things, so adults should not bother themselves teaching kids this type of education because they will know everything once they grow up and try it. However, puberty is the main reason that makes sexual feelings begin, and it starts with kids nearly between 11 to 14 years old. Puberty also start putting it prints by changing kids hormones and shaping…

Current Issues Related to Infant and Toddler : Child Abandonment Defined not only as the engagement in deserting a child, child abandonment also includes the failure to provide necessary care. Child abandonment has been an issue related to infant and toddler care, dating far back to the medieval laws where the Visigothic Code was put in effect. Although we have advanced much in human civilization, technology, and economics, the current day statistics of this cruel act has unfortunately,…

Raised in the atmosphere of love, acceptance, and gender equality Selena struggles to comprehend the magnitude of the misery and despair that of women across all socio-economic levels had to endure on a daily basis. From the beginning, newborn girls had a substantial disadvantage compared to their male counterparts risking of being abandoned based on the gender discrimination (251). Women held so little value in Rome that the birth of a girl would ensure a period of mourning in the family. No…

In the late nineteenth century, Jacob Riis, was considered a renowned social reformer. Riis was known for exposing corruption in America and unmasking the living conditions and faith of babies that came from slums. Riis documented that the majority of babies that were abandoned originated from poor households and that any type of maternal instincts was constrained by poverty. Riis words were impactful because unlike newspapers he was brutally honest. Newspapers tended to give mothers hope by…

Rates of 60% to 70% of histories of sexual victimization were reported by imprisoned women (Robertson-James & Nunez, 2012). Mignon (2016) mentioned that there are different types of sexual harassment, which include inappropriate touching and foundling, with completed penetration without consent. Many women are taken advantage of in prisons and are left with the humiliation and unforgettable experience, with furthers increases the amount of trauma they experience. Aday, Dye, & Kaiser (2014)…

During the Renaissance period of the 14th to 17th century, art and architecture between Northern Europe and Italy were both similar and different in many ways. From the detailed work of everyday life of the North to the Neoplatonic allegories of Italian work, the Renaissance was a time of transition and strength. The most dominant similarity between Northern European and Italian Renaissance artwork lies behind the meaning of humanism. During the Renaissance, there was “rebirth of culture”; a…