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How Does The Influence Of Culture In The Last Spin, By Kate Chopin

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An African proverb stated that ¨Strangers in a new culture see only what they know .´´ So basically this is stating that until you get to know a person's culture it wouldn't make sense to you . Also cultural background has a lot to do with how people look at things different .Cultural background affects perspective as evidence in ´´Desiree's Baby ´´ by Kate Chopin ,´´The Last Spin ´´by Evan Hunter ,and ´´An Ordinary man ´´by Paul Rusesabagina.

Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin shows that your culture depends on how you were raised . This story was really based on racism and if you weren't white you were treated differently . ´´That the child is not white ; it means you are not white .´´(Desiree´s Baby slide 25) This shows how skin color was such a big deal to their culture. Also how it will make people look at you differently if you're not their skin color . Another way on how culture influenced the story was that Desiree would rather unlive herself and her baby than live as black person .´´Oh, Armand is the proudest father in the parish, ". (Desiree's Baby slide 18)This shows how Armand was admiring his son at first until he found out the baby was not white . …show more content…

Which is showing you how it would be hard for people in different gangs to be friends. ´´ Tigo was the enemy, and so he presented a mask to the enemy´´(The Last Spin paragraph 3) This goes into detail on how Danny is trying to walk up on Tigo to see if there is a problem just because they are in different gangs .Also shows how Danny would rather just walk up on Tigo just because he is in different gang instead of getting to know him . "When it came, his eyes did not leave Danny's face. "Friends?"(The Last Spin paragraph 140) .This goes into detail on how the two men became friends while playing a game of rushing roulette

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Our heritage is recognized as one of the most defining aspects of our identity, we can either embrace it or despise it, however, our racial ancestry is recognized as being more complicated and talked about in terms of conflict. The text Desiree’s Baby by Kate Chopin shares a common theme with Everyday Use by Alice Walker on the issue of racial heritage and the stigma surrounding it. In Desiree’s Baby by Kate Chopin, the theme of racial heritage is mainly expressed through Desiree’s Husband Armand, who faces his internal conflict with his possible mixed-race background that comes into conflict with his occupation as a slave owner and his marriage with Desiree. When Armand’s suspicions of his racial background are revealed by his external conflict,

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Signifying that Armand had calmed and settled down once he meet her, he was so in love with Desiree. After a while and 3 months had passed y of the baby’s birth Armand’s attitude had changed she didn’t want to ask but it made her unhappy. Armand didn’t want his family legacy to be ruined because the baby wasn’t white which he believes Desiree wasn’t white either which isn’t the women he fell in love with. This can conclude the fact that people weren’t supportive of interracial relationships and how because of the baby’s skin color Armand’s attitude changed just cause he didn’t want his reputation to be ruined.

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