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Desperation By Stephen King - College Paper

Desperation By Stephen King

"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 ...

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of Armand, but despite this he fell in love "as if struck by a pistol shot".(317). Others had warned Armand against marrying her, but he did not care for he was so swept away by her beauty. "He was reminded that she was nameless. What did it matter about a name when he could give her one of the oldest and proudest in Louisiana." (316). Tragedy comes early in the marriage with the birth of their first child. Although no one seemed to notice at first, by the time the child was three months old, neighbors and Armand himself noticed a change in the child. "When the baby was about three months old, Désirée awoke one day to the conviction that there was something in the air menacing her peace."(317). It turns out the baby is of mixed blood and because of this, he shuns his wife and the child he was so proud of only days before. "He absented himself from home and when there, avoided her presence and that of her child, without excuse."(317). Armand was "the proudest father in ...

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Added: 4/29/2005 06:01:39 PM
Category: English
Type: Free Paper
Words: 1100
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