Desirees Baby
SIGNIFICANCES OF A LETTER "Désirée's Baby" is a
story of love, prejudice and rejection, a story with noble
beginnings that slowly turns to reveal an uglier side of human
relations. Armand, a wealthy landowner of the plantation
L'Abri in the ante-bellum south of Louisiana, is confronted
by a family secret that has been hidden from him, even into
adulthood. The secret is scandalous for its day, and its
consequences run deep into the fabric of society. No one
told Armand of this secret. He discovers it by chance at the
end of the story, when he finds the remnants of an old letter
written by his mother to his father, the significance of which,
and its revelations, makes us focus on the many tragic and
ironic decisions made by him during this story. In the old
south, bloodlines are very important to the status of a family
and their social placement, so the "purity" of the family must
be kept. This "purity" does not accommodate marriages of
mixed race. Knowing this,......
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