The Role Of Discrimination In Desiree's Baby

Anyone can point out many kinds of discrimination in their daily lives such as gender discrimination at their workplace, ethnic discrimination in foreign countries, and age discrimination. The book titled Desiree’s Baby, was based on the generation in the 1850s where great hatred was demonstrated towards negroes, mulattos, and whites. Even some states have laws on illegal racial intermarriage, and fourteen of the Southern states approved “one-drop rule,” which states that people who have a black ancestor must be classified as slaves. Readers are easily aware of the darkness of racial divide, and how it could threaten people’s normal happy lives. While reading the book, readers can be observed throughout the generations by Desiree’s unique but tragic entire life. She has an unknown background, marriage with wealthy white, and dismissed with her quadroon boy.
The story starts with
She laughs because it seems just yesterday that Desiree was a foundling, and Madame Valmonde adopted her as sent to her by God’s a gift because she could not have her own baby. Desiree has grown as a beautiful girl that drew Armand Ayubingy to love her. He saw her at the stone pillar where she was found her eighteen years ago and immediately fell in love with her. I believe the author suggests a clue that the same place as a coincidence. Armand and Desiree were married ignoring Desiree’s origin. They later had a boy that Armand was extremely proud of. He did not punish his slaves after the baby was born. The marriage and the baby made him soft and relaxed. However, the author describes the importance of skin color when he says “The new yellow woman sat beside a window fanning herself “(Chopin 104). Readers can easily notice the author’s feelings about skin color. When the baby about three months old, Desiree felts that something bad was