Desireé's Baby

Section 1 & 2.

The madame is somewhat prejudiced by the fact that this girl, that she has known most of her life, actually gave birth to a baby. It makes the madame laugh. The madame also doesn't bellieve that this girl is going to grow up into a woman, until she actually sees her become a woman. And first then she falls in love with her.

Desireé is this innocent girl that has no name, and to me seems veru innocent.

Armand is a man with "one of the proudest and oldest" names in Louisiana. That means that he comes from an upper class family, and usually likes to think things over before he jumps into a marriage for example. But he falls in love with this girl instantly as he sees her "as if struck by a pistol shot". This makes him more likable to me because he decides to listen to his heart. He doesn't care about her background he just falls in love with her. This makes him very likeable to me.

Section 3.

The use of the words like give me a better emotianal reference, so I can relate to the feeling or vibe of a place or a description of something else. "it was a sad looking place." And also her theory of the texans who droped the baby of because they were driving through this place. It hints that this place is not worth staying in.

-What we are told about Armand is covered in the description above.

He does become more soft when the baby is born. That is mentioned in the text very clear -"he hasn't punished one of them-not one of them-since baby is born. Even Negrillon, who pretended to have burnt his leg that he might rest from work-he only laughed, and said Negrillon was a great scamp."

Section 4.

-The slaves start to realize that the baby is one of them. It's black, and they satrt talking about behind their back.

-"Ah!" It was a cry that she could not help; which she was not conscious of having uttered. The blood turned like ice in her veins, and a clammy moisture gathered upon her face. This is when she realizes the baby is black.

-This section reveals that the former master of the land was way kinder to the negroes for some reason. This definitely woke my suspicion. The tree represents that family tree and is very beautifully used in this section to.

"The roof came down steep and black like a cowl, reaching out beyond the wide galleries that encircled the yellow stuccoed house. Big, solemn oaks grew close to it, and their thick-leaved, far-reaching branches shadowed it like a pall. Young Aubigny's rule was a strict one, too, and under it his negroes had forgotten how to be gay, as they had been during the old