The narrator, whose character or relationship to the story never receives any discussion, is a seemingly all-knowing observer of the situation. ... A woman with small children who lost her husband would face extreme hardships without the support of close family members. ... Armand's evil was deep as he forsakes his loving wife, infant son, and God. ... The evil in Armand did not come from his parents and the black employees were cheerful when he was growing up so it is an open question concerning his acquired hatred. ... This demented individuals main goal was to crush the soul of Desiree...

• Word Count: 1926
• Approx Pages: 8

In exchange for items such as firs and beaver pelts to dress the upper-class of settling Europeans, the white people gave the Indian nomads small amounts of land to settle on, called reserves, and useless amounts of paper money that the Indians had no use for. ... Racism meant assuming bad things about someone just because of the color of his/her skin, and it is the main ingredient in cultural disunity. ... We can be held responsible, however, for what we do and believe, for how we dress and what we eat, for whom we love and how we love, for how we worship God or Nature and how we deal out g...

• Word Count: 1717
• Approx Pages: 7