I really loves Chopin's story Desiree's baby. It surprised me that Chopin would have the courage to write such stories especially back in her day! She was a white woman living in the south writing about a man who supposedly hates black people, who actually turns out to be half black, and unknowningly abandons and resents his 100% white wife and child. You find yourself asking the question "how did he not see that he was half black?" which then gets the answer, it was a different time back then. Which then makes you think about how much times have changed yet also how much they are the same. Chopin's writing transcends centuries with her ability to connect to independent women as well as women of color.
"It means...that the child is not white; it means that you ate not white." Chopin writes this for the husband to say to his supposedly "not white" wife and it is so eye opening to think that is how it was back in her time. Women had to deal with being second rate and their feelings were put on the back burner, never to be a priority. So, Chopin's works are all about empowerment and Independence for women. Surprisingly mainly of a sexual nature!
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