Desiree's Baby Literary Analysis

In the fictional story “Desiree's’ Baby”, written by Kate Chopin introduces us to a happy couple whose child turns out being a quadroom. The mother Desiree desperately loved her husband but soon begins to become unhappy. The husband Armand's strange awful change in his behavior and distance is what made Desiree unhappy. Both stuck in a loveless marriage because Armand's selfish actions and refuses to see past the color of his own child; Desiree decides to take matter into her own hands. Early in the story, the reader learns that Desiree's baby is a quadroon. In a way, Mrs.Valmonde hits at the baby's description when she mentions “this is not the baby!” in startled tones to Desiree. Armand's strange awful change in his manner was the first clue