Desiree's Baby Rhetorical Analysis

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Natalie Jack Ms. Tantlinger Reader Response for Desiree’s Baby 18 September 2017 Reader Response for Desiree’s Baby Paragraph nineteen is a critical turning point for the Desiree’s Baby. The sentence, “The baby, half naked, lay asleep upon her own great mahogany bed, that was like a sumptuous throne, with its satin-lined half-canopy.”, illustrates the wealth of the Aubigny family and the privileged lifestyle their child is provided because of the social prestige he was born into. It also sets up the social hierarchy that is about to be broken down. The next sentence, “One of La Blanche’s little quadroon boys--half naked too--stood fanning the child slowly with a fan of peacock feathers.”, directly contrasts with the sentence before it and reveals the class inequality between them, despite them both being biracial. Desiree then “looked from her child to the boy who stood beside him, and back again; over and over.” Desiree realises how similar her and La Blanche’s child look when she is able to compare them both side by side, which took her three months to find the opportunity. …show more content…

Having La Blanche’s child there fanning furthered her pain as she was presented with the contrast of their two ways of life. Desiree then asks Armand how this happened, and he responded: “you are not white.” His confidence in his origins creates no ambiguity in his mind that his wife is the culprit and is bitter to her because of the disgrace he believes she brought to him and his family. His coldness and cruelty contrasts with Desiree's hysteria to demonstrate how white men in the South were deemed superior to biracial men and

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