1. Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin
"The passion that awoke in him that day, when he saw her at the gate, swept along like an avalanche, or like a prairie fire, or like anything that drives headlong over all obstacles, " the narrator says. ... "The roof came down steep and black like a cowl, " the narrator says, and the shade of oak trees surrounding the dwelling suggested that it was a tomb rather than a house. ... She immediately writes a letter to Madame Valmonde, saying, "My mother, they tell me I am not white. Armand has told me I am not white. ... Finally, like other Old South plantation owners, he viewed the blackness of ...
- Word Count: 2905
- Approx Pages: 12
- Grade Level: High School