Life decisions are sometimes made by impulsive choices. People are quick to jump to conclusions; however, making rushed judgements are not a good choice. In the short story “Desiree’s Baby”, by Kate Chopin, she expresses impulsive analysis that has catastrophic moments in marriage, race, and knowledge. Armand Aubigny, one of the character’s in this story is disposed to make damaging choices without thinking first. Armand falls in love with Desiree at first sight as if he “passion that awoke in him that day,” and “as if struck by a pistol shot” (Copin). It seemed not to bother him that Desiree had no origin or family history at that time. He just knew he loved her and wanted her hand in marriage. Until the birth of his son, his feelings changed. The main part of the adjudication that took place is race. Realizing the baby is from black descendant, Armand assumes Desiree is from African offspring. “When Madame Valmonde see’s Desiree is lying beside her baby, she is startled to see the baby’s appearance” (gradesaver). In Chopin’s story it also mentioned that Armand has a “dark, handsome, face” (Chopin), compared to Desiree having skin, “whiter than you, Armand” (Chopin). Desiree is undoubtedly fairer of the two. Thus, Armand had misleading conceptions about Desiree’s heritage. …show more content…
His mother died when he was young, knowing little about her past. Armand contradicts himself, he states that he did not care about Desiree’s background, then again, he believes she is of black origin, making her unworthy at that point. As Bella Wang states, “only she and her innocent baby suffer from the accusation of miscegenation” (gradesaver). Armand prejudges his wife instead of stopping and thinking about his actions. Unfortunately, Armand felt he was