Desiree's Baby Mood

In the short story, Desiree’s Baby, written by Kate Chopin, this story is about, a girl named Desiree, who adopted by a wealthy French Creole couple in antebellum Louisiana. She shortly falls in love with a well-cherished gentleman named Armand, from another wealthy Creole family, and they get married, and have a child. The child turns out to have dark skin and it is assumed that Desiree is part black. Desiree rejects from society, but it is later discovered that her husband is the one who is half black. In “Desiree’s Baby,” Chopin uses the expressions of mood/tone, theme, symbolism, conflict, and irony to enhance the reader’s enjoyment.

A case in point of a mood given from the short story of Desiree’s Baby, is to be situated disheartened.

The mood provided on the story, meaning the feeling of a piece of literature is intended to create in a reader. This demonstrates when she is told that her husband Armand, request her to go back home to Valmonde. In the story the author states, “She turned away like one stunned by a blow, and walked slowly towards the door, hoping he would call her back” (Chopin 3).
The tone stated severe throughout as we see their relationship decline and the truth disclose. The meaning of the tone included in the story, is the author’s attitude and feels about the subject. This conveys that the married couple, Desiree and Armand, have been over and done with the consequences. According to the text, “He absented himself from home; and when there, avoided her presence and that of her child, lacking of explanation” (Chopin 2).
A theme included in the story, is racism and gender. The theme given from the story is the message about life or human nature that is “the focus” in the story that the writer tells. This illustrates Armand judges the worth of the child, according to its gender (in addition to its race). Chopin states, “Armand is the proudest father in the Parish” (Chopin 2). He became from being full of pride, to having a strange and awful change in her husband’s manner, which she dared not to ask him (McGuff 4).
The next after that incorporated theme, determine to be love.

This reveals the love from the married couple signifies is not reflective enough to overwhelm the differences in race. The author explains, “passion that awake in him that day… swept along like an avalanche or like a prairie fire...that drives headlong over all obstacles” (White 26).

Symbolism is supported in the story section, October sunset conveys is the meaning of the finale of Desiree marriage to Armand. This shows Armand felt that his pride was hurt because of the shame his wife has brought to the family (Rae 1). The speaker mentions “...he no longer loved her, because of the unconscious injury she had brought upon his home and his name” (Chopin 3) and “...walked slowly towards the door, hoping he would call her back” (Page3).

The following representation of a symbol occurs as the despairing mother’s letter, which reveals his true identity (mixed race) is to destroyed in the fire along with Desiree’s belongings (McManus 2). The symbol specified in the story is a person, place, or thing that represents something beyond itself, most often something concrete or touchable that represents an abstract idea. This reveals Armand is driven by fear, he may be hoping that his own true identity will not come to light. The author explains, “...for having so arranged our lives that our dear Armand will never know that his mother, who adores him, belongs to the race that is cursed with the brand of slavery” (Chopin

4).
The external conflict, in “Desiree’s Baby” is between Armand and Desiree disagreement of whether Desiree should leave or not.

This illustrates Armand and Desiree argue about who is inheritance to color people, and then Desiree starts crying and writes a letter to her mother telling her she wants to come back home. The narrator asserts, “Shall I go, Armand, she asked in tones sharp with agonized suspense” (Chopin 3) and “He did not answer her. That was his last blow at fate” (Chopin 4).

The afterward conflict be person against society, is well-known as the appearance of the struggles on skin color. The importance of conflict is the struggle between opposing forces or characters in a story. This demonstrate that Desiree is uncomfortable being accused with a misunderstanding of others. The author explains, “...they tell me I am not white” (Chopin 3).

The case of verbal irony is identified as “white appearance.” Verbal irony is occurs when someone says one thing but really means something else. This proves that the colorless problem is not physical but motionless as it relates to marriage. The speaker mentions, “Look at my hand: whiter than yours!” (Chopin 3) and “...that she is as white as their mixed-race slave La Blanche” (Wang

2).
The central irony of the story is mainly at the end of the passage, by showing Desiree and her baby had died. The irony known from “Desiree’s Baby” is a technique that involves surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions or contrast. This shows the effect Armand’s racial discrimination towards Desiree which must suggest a sense of pity in the audience. Chopin states, “She disappeared among the reeds and willow that grew thick along the banks of the deep, sluggish bayou; and she did not come back again” (Chopin 4).
In summarize, Chopin’s story, “Desiree’s Baby” is a story that is consequently about race. When Desiree gives birth to her child, the reader begins to develop aware that there is an unspecific about the child’s parentage. The resolution is determined when Armand reads the letter his mother sent to his father. Armand realizes that Desiree was of no relation to black people that in fact he was and he held responsible from Desiree for not anything and it was a misjudgement.