Status Updates From Desiree's Baby

Armand is the proudest father in the parish, I believe, chiefly because it is a boy, to bear his name; though he says not,—that he would have loved a girl as well. But I know it is n’t true I know he says that to please me.

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 master’s easygoing and indulgent lifetime.

no voy a hacer el chiste fácil pero ustedes saben que está ahí

That was the way all the Aubignys fell in love, as if struck by a pistol shot.

Kate Chopin, I’m sorry you weren’t valued nearly as much as you should have been in your time. May the praise that leaves our lips find you in the afterlife. You were so right in saying that for authors, “the limitations imposed upon their art by their environment hamper a full and spontaneous expression.” you’re so cool ily

I liked this short story.

Being an African American this book brings so much truth that we come in so many shades of color , but in this story as a reader I believe that in a moment Desiree’s baby showed her true ethnicity