What Does Desiree's Baby Mean

Desiree’s Baby Kate Chopin’s short story Desiree Baby takes place in antebellum Louisiana. “Desiree Baby” contains examples of loving someone with different origins. One of the first examples is Madama Valmonde: “Madama Valmonde abandoned every speculation but the one that Desiree sent to her by a beneficent providence to be the child of her affection” (1). Kate Chopin shows despite Desiree’s obscure origin that Madama Valmonde still loves her. Eighteen years later Desiree stood by the stone pillar Armand Aubigny fell instantly in love with Desiree. Armand expresses his love by, “That was the way all the Aubigny fell in love as if struck by a pistol shot”(1). Kate Chopin uses this sentence to express Armand’s inner feelings for Desiree. Armand knew Desiree is the unknown origin, but he still married her: “Armand looked into her eyes and

Armand takes vows to Desiree, giving her one of the proudest names in Louisiana. Desiree gives born to Armand first born son his mood started to charge, “Armand’s dark, handsome face not often been disfigured by frowns since the day he fell in love with her”(2). In the story, Desiree was blinded by the love of her baby that she did not notice her child was darker than her. Desiree did not realize her baby was a different origin until “Blanche’s little quadroon boy was half naked, and stood fanning the child slowly with a fan of a peacock feather. Desiree’s eyes had been fixed absently and sadly upon the baby” (2). Desiree could not understand, why her child skin was changing colors? Desiree asks Armand why their child skin color was not the