Désirée’s Baby
by Kate Chopin

Désirée’s Baby: Genre 1 key example

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"Désirée’s Baby’s" historical setting and careful attention to character and plot make it an excellent example of American Realism. Chopin aims to reveal the complex class, race, and gender relations in her chosen setting and focuses on ordinary life to do so. The lives of Chopin’s characters mirror what life would have looked like for real people in the American South before the Civil War.