In the story “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin Armand Valmonde falls in love with Desiree and marries her. They live happily together until Armand notices his first born child was a mix of the black and white races. In an angered rage Armand refuses to speak to Desiree and eventually drives her to leave his house hold along with the child. In the end Armand finds a letter his mother wrote to his father …showed first 75 words of 465 total…

…showed last 75 words of 465 total…that his of the black race and is scared with the color and broken in heart. As the story is concluded the reader is left with the thought of “Why did Armand abandon his wife?” and the answer is simple. Armand’s hypocritical views toward the black race and his ignorance to his own family background lead him to make the decision that his wife is not good enough for him and he abandons her.