Analysis Of Desiree's Baby

“He coldly but gently loosened her fingers from about his arm and thrust her hand away from him.” (Chopin 3) This is how Kate Chopin explains how enraged Armand is and shows the imagery and the anger he was feeling towards Desiree. In the story “Desiree’s Baby” the author Kate Chopin explains how complicated love could be in the nineteenth century for interracial couples just as it is today in our time. In “Desiree’s Baby” Desiree and Armand appear to be in love with one another but before they were lovers they were best friends. Armand would have never thought that he would fall in love with Desiree becauses of how long they had been friends. It wasn’t till one day Desiree just appeared standing there and suddenly Armand had this feeling

For example Armand’s mother didn’t approve of the marriage because of the fact that Desiree did not know what race she was. Armand at that time didn’t care what race Desiree was. (Chopin 1) “The number of interracial marriages has steadily grown since the 1980s and has increased rapidly in the early twenty-first century.” (Interracial Marriage 2)

In this time interracial couples are now more accepted and people have learned to come to terms with that. Back in the 19th century it was hard for people of different races to be treated equal. The rich white people had treated the colored people in any way the felt like treating. In the story “Desiree’s Baby” Desiree and Armand are fighting because their baby is a different color compared to their skin. Armand later finds out that it is him with a different race and not Desiree. Armand 's mother was with another man while she was with Armand’s dad.(summary 1) Now you see the complication of interracial couples and how they face the same prejudice that couples faced in the 19th century. Sometimes in life things don’t change. Interracial couples need to stay strong with one another and don’t give up on their