Once the baby’s non-white complexion begins to outshine the love and joy, Armand is once again fueled by hate fire. His deep-seated racism fills him to the core, so much so that he drives his beloved wife and child out of his home and into the wilderness, accusing Désirée of being the source of the so-called problem: “‘…the child is not white; it means that you are not white’” (Chopin 539). How can a man who was seemingly so in love with his wife suddenly turn around and essentially take it all back? The answer lies with Armand’s twisted—and, sadly, probably commonly accepted during this time—perception of race and its effects on social and familial
Once the baby’s non-white complexion begins to outshine the love and joy, Armand is once again fueled by hate fire. His deep-seated racism fills him to the core, so much so that he drives his beloved wife and child out of his home and into the wilderness, accusing Désirée of being the source of the so-called problem: “‘…the child is not white; it means that you are not white’” (Chopin 539). How can a man who was seemingly so in love with his wife suddenly turn around and essentially take it all back? The answer lies with Armand’s twisted—and, sadly, probably commonly accepted during this time—perception of race and its effects on social and familial