Desiree's Baby Analysis

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In "Desiree's Baby" by Kate Chopin, the author begins the story by describing how Desiree had been found as a child by her adoptive parents. Her biological mother and father were unknown and her origin was never discovered. This obscurity allows the reader to infer that perhaps she's of mixed race and that's why her baby did not appear white. Her husband Armand Aubigny becomes hostile towards her when he notices the baby did not appear white. He makes her feel miserable about not being white even though she tells him that her eyes were grey and her skin was white. He points out that she was as white as one of his slaves who could also have been of mixed heritage. Armand stops treating her with respect and this causes Desiree to go get her son

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