Rosie Charles
AP ENG III
Desiree’s Baby
This story, Desiree’s Baby, was written by Kate Chopin on Nov. 24th in 1892. In this work, Chopin refers to race, gender, and discrimination as a whole. She is also writing off her own experience. Like many other families, Chopin’s family help slaves in the 1850’s. In this story, there are many aspects or the rhetoric triangle along with other concepts of literature, like irony.
The very first thing I noticed after reading this short story was that it was emotional, which appeals to pathos. This story was emotional in each and every way. From the love that Desiree gave her baby to the hatred that Armand now had for his baby. For example, “The blood turned like ice in her veins, and a clammy moisture gathered upon her face.”. In this sentence, emotional is most definitely present. The emotion here is panic and distress. In the sentence, ““Look at my hand; whiter than yours, Armand”, she laughed hysterically.”, the emotional boundaries are upon both panic and a slight hint of nervousness. Also, one of the most important quotes of this short story is: “She was like a stone image: silent, white, motionless after she placed it there.”. This is the most significant because after all the ups and downs she went through. This shows she has no emotion left to spare.
I believe that Chopin’s diction in this short story is what made the story a great one. Her diction leads us exactly where she wanted it to, but yet didn’t give away the twist until the very end. In the sentence, “He absented himself from the home; and when there, avoided her presence and that of her child, without excuse.” , take notice to the way the author uses the pronoun “her”. It shows exactly how Armand distanced himself from them and how he didn’t care anymore either. Also, when it says “her child”, the way he disowns the child is now exemplified. Another great example of the spectacular diction used in this here literature is the response to Desiree’s letter from her mother. It read: “My own Desiree: Come home to Val monde; back to your mother who loves you. Come with your child”. I believe that this was the strangest of all the quotes yet. The wording shows that the mother had no remorse, no sympathy, and did not care what was happening to her “dear child”. It also leaves the next step opened ended because by her saying bring your child in that sense, that does mean that he is going into slavery? Or even worse: the both of them?
The last main concept of this short story, besides slavery, is feminism. Yes, FEMINISM. The story is so against women in every particle of it’s sense. For one, when this story was written, and even now, women were more looked to as property and not human beings, like men. But what makes the whole work feminist is that the blame of someone being black went straight to Desiree, and not a speckle to Armand. As you know, in the end we find out that Armand’s mom could have been black also, and most likely she was: just lighter than most blacks. This is also the irony I brought up earlier in this paper. Women weren’t respected then and really aren’t now. So now that you know the message, what are you going to do to fix this problem?
AP ENG III
Desiree’s Baby
This story, Desiree’s Baby, was written by Kate Chopin on Nov. 24th in 1892. In this work, Chopin refers to race, gender, and discrimination as a whole. She is also writing off her own experience. Like many other families, Chopin’s family help slaves in the 1850’s. In this story, there are many aspects or the rhetoric triangle along with other concepts of literature, like irony.
The very first thing I noticed after reading this short story was that it was emotional, which appeals to pathos. This story was emotional in each and every way. From the love that Desiree gave her baby to the hatred that Armand now had for his baby. For example, “The blood turned like ice in her veins, and a clammy moisture gathered upon her face.”. In this sentence, emotional is most definitely present. The emotion here is panic and distress. In the sentence, ““Look at my hand; whiter than yours, Armand”, she laughed hysterically.”, the emotional boundaries are upon both panic and a slight hint of nervousness. Also, one of the most important quotes of this short story is: “She was like a stone image: silent, white, motionless after she placed it there.”. This is the most significant because after all the ups and downs she went through. This shows she has no emotion left to spare.
I believe that Chopin’s diction in this short story is what made the story a great one. Her diction leads us exactly where she wanted it to, but yet didn’t give away the twist until the very end. In the sentence, “He absented himself from the home; and when there, avoided her presence and that of her child, without excuse.” , take notice to the way the author uses the pronoun “her”. It shows exactly how Armand distanced himself from them and how he didn’t care anymore either. Also, when it says “her child”, the way he disowns the child is now exemplified. Another great example of the spectacular diction used in this here literature is the response to Desiree’s letter from her mother. It read: “My own Desiree: Come home to Val monde; back to your mother who loves you. Come with your child”. I believe that this was the strangest of all the quotes yet. The wording shows that the mother had no remorse, no sympathy, and did not care what was happening to her “dear child”. It also leaves the next step opened ended because by her saying bring your child in that sense, that does mean that he is going into slavery? Or even worse: the both of them?
The last main concept of this short story, besides slavery, is feminism. Yes, FEMINISM. The story is so against women in every particle of it’s sense. For one, when this story was written, and even now, women were more looked to as property and not human beings, like men. But what makes the whole work feminist is that the blame of someone being black went straight to Desiree, and not a speckle to Armand. As you know, in the end we find out that Armand’s mom could have been black also, and most likely she was: just lighter than most blacks. This is also the irony I brought up earlier in this paper. Women weren’t respected then and really aren’t now. So now that you know the message, what are you going to do to fix this problem?
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