Desiree's Baby

maintain the reader’s attention in a story. A metaphor, simile, flashback, imagery, and an allusion are all examples of literary devices that can be used in a story to keep the reader engrossed. Kate Chopin used literary devices in her story “Desiree’s Baby” which helped her contribute to the success of the story. Kate Chopin used imagery on paragraph 6 to describe L’Abri and explain why it is a sad place to visit. Imagery is a visual symbolism the author uses to capture the reader’s interest.…

Kate Chopin, a famous American author who lived in the late 19th century, is known for two of her more famous pieces, Desiree’s Baby (1892) and The Story of an Hour (1894). In Desiree's Baby, a once abandoned young Southern woman named Desiree, falls in love with a man named Armand. They wed and have a child together. When the child grows older, it becomes apparent that their child contains African-American features. Due to her lack of family, Armand accuses Desiree of having biracial heritage…

Unfortunately for Armand, “the cover” was Desiree’s skin color. Armand Aubigny, a character in the short story “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin, confronts an immense decision between love and race. He becomes furious when he notices his son’s skin color was not white and does not want to be in a relationship with his wife, Desiree. Armand is racist, has power and control of people, and shows arrogant behavior that causes Desiree to leave him. In “Desiree’s Baby” Armand reveals he is a…

The tragic story of “Desiree’s Baby” is full of twists and turns. It is filled with unification, love, and heartbreak. The love story of Desiree and Armand is dismantled by the effects of racism. Without race, it would have ended up like a fairy tale, happily ever after. However, due to the harmful effects of racism, Armand is unable to see past the fact that Desiree could be part black. Before the baby was born, Armand thought Desiree was beautiful and thought nothing of her unknown past. This…

“Désirée’s Baby” begins with a sweet, albeit brief history of how Désirée was taken in by a kind woman named Madame Valmondé when she was discovered as a toddler, lying by the Valmondé estate and having no known biographical history. Désirée grows up to be a beautiful young woman, so it is no surprise that Armand Aubigny falls in love with her “as if struck by a pistol shot” (Chopin 539). Despite Monsieur Valmondé’s explicit warnings that Désirée’s origins are unknown and that she was…

The short story, "Desiree's Baby", written by Kate Chopin, set in Louisiana's 1892 slave era, was influenced by the irony of love and prejudices. In the story, Chopin depicts how racial bias overthrows the love a man had for his wife and child. An analysis of the story proves the irony by illustrating judgment on appearances, through racism, and self-destruction. In the beginning, it's ironic that appearances don't seem to matter. At first sight, Armand falls in love with Desiree, without…

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.…

Color vs. Society In the short story “Desiree’s Baby”, the author, Kate Chopin expresses how a simple color of someone, can change everyone’s whole perspective of an individual. In Chopin’s story, she starts the short story off, involving a happy family, and then later on, she uses color of skin, marriage, and family to show how important each of them can impact his or her daily lives in an instant (Chopin 73-77). A theme of “Desiree’s Baby” is a person’s color, including an infant, will…

Conner Cantrell Professor Schultz ENC 1102 26 April 2017 Attitudes Toward Race in “Desiree`s Baby” and in the World Today Race has been a hot topic in the world for some time now. “Désirée`s Baby” by Kate Chopin is evidence of the different attitudes toward race in the past and present (503). “Désirée`s Baby” follows Désirée, a young mother who doesn`t know her parents. Madame Valmondé and her husband adopted her as a young child (Chopin 503). In the short story, Désirée deals with the sudden…

short story is one with a surprise ending that shocks the reader. Both “Desiree’s Baby” and “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” had completely unexpected endings that shocked the reader. Desiree's Baby is a short story based on a girl that is married to a wealthy man named Armand. After they were married they had a baby. When the baby is born, Armand at first was very happy. However the baby's skin color started to show that the baby was a quadroon ( had one biracial parent). Armand quickly assumed…