Racism Kills :: Racial Relations, Racism

Racism dates back thousands and thousands of years back to the caveman times. In the short bosh Desirees Baby, Kate Chopin shows how discrimination by unclothe color can affect people. Desiree was abandoned and raised by Madame Valmonde. Armand, the start out of the baby, was a member of the most notable families in Louisiana. He fall in love with Desiree and marries her. After they do a baby, their relationship cursorily corrodes. A few months later, Armand realizes the babys skin has a darker shadiness than usual. He accuses Desiree of being black. Armand tells Desiree he wants her to leave so Desiree takes the baby and disappears among the reeds and willows that grew mystifying along the banks of the deep, sluggish bayou (Chopin 91) and never returns. Armand finds out that Desiree is black when he reads a letter that her mother sent her that read she belongs to the race which is cursed with the strike out of slavery (Chopin 92). The fibs humorous ending has a lodge with the storys setting, imagery, and Chopins use of similies. The setting has a major(ip) role to the ironic ending because it takes place in antembellum South where blacks are not treated equally to whites. There are several hints at where and when the story takes place. First, Armands last name, Aubigny, was one of the oldest and proudest in Louisiana (Chopin 89) which tells us it takes place in Louisiana. Also, Chopin says that Armand owns a plantation and many slaves which wouldnt have been possible after the Civil War times showing that the story takes place during the antebellum period. The name of Armands plantation, LAbri, is also ironic because it means the shelter in French which is ironic for Desiree because it is a notional place for her not a good place. Chopin explains how there was something in the walkover menacing her peace. The story wouldnt take place in any other time period or location because if it did, Desiree wouldnt be discriminated for b eing black, therefore wouldnt of run of into the bayou along with the baby. Chopins use of imagery leads up to the irony at the end of the story the greatest because Chopin contrasts black and white skin colors.