“desiree's baby” by kate chopin. writing captured essence of life in louisiana themes of...
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: “DESIREE'S BABY” By Kate Chopin. Writing captured essence of life in Louisiana Themes of her writing: nature of marriage, racial prejudice, and women’s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062801/56649e365503460f94b25210/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
“DESIREE'S BABY”
By Kate Chopin
![Page 2: “DESIREE'S BABY” By Kate Chopin. Writing captured essence of life in Louisiana Themes of her writing: nature of marriage, racial prejudice, and women’s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062801/56649e365503460f94b25210/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Writing captured
essence of life in
Louisiana
Themes of her
writing: nature of
marriage, racial
prejudice, and
women’s desire for
equality
![Page 3: “DESIREE'S BABY” By Kate Chopin. Writing captured essence of life in Louisiana Themes of her writing: nature of marriage, racial prejudice, and women’s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062801/56649e365503460f94b25210/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
LIT. TERMS
Situational Irony- occurs when the outcome of
an action or
situation is very different from what one expects
• Ex. Finding out that the helpful child psychiatrist is actually a ghost at the end of The Sixth Sense! Totally unexpected!
![Page 4: “DESIREE'S BABY” By Kate Chopin. Writing captured essence of life in Louisiana Themes of her writing: nature of marriage, racial prejudice, and women’s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062801/56649e365503460f94b25210/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
LIT. TERMS
Regionalism depicts and analyzes the
unique qualities of a geographical area
and its people
Local color- captures the attitudes or
customs of a geographical area
![Page 5: “DESIREE'S BABY” By Kate Chopin. Writing captured essence of life in Louisiana Themes of her writing: nature of marriage, racial prejudice, and women’s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062801/56649e365503460f94b25210/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
PRE-READING
Decide whether you think each statement is true or false.
1. Men’s thoughts and decisions are more valid than women’s.
2. Mothers love their children more than fathers do.
3. It is okay to judge people by their outward actions.
4. It is okay to judge people by their physical appearance and/or
skin color.
5. People of biracial or multiracial heritage must choose which
race to be a part of.
![Page 6: “DESIREE'S BABY” By Kate Chopin. Writing captured essence of life in Louisiana Themes of her writing: nature of marriage, racial prejudice, and women’s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062801/56649e365503460f94b25210/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
DURING-READING
Complete the Thinking Plot Diagram as you read
this story
![Page 7: “DESIREE'S BABY” By Kate Chopin. Writing captured essence of life in Louisiana Themes of her writing: nature of marriage, racial prejudice, and women’s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062801/56649e365503460f94b25210/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
POST-READINGQuestions:• How is the story an example of
Regionalism?• What are some examples of local
color in the story?• What is the situational irony of the
story?• How does the theme of racial
prejudice play a role in the story? • Did any of your opinions from the pre-
reading change? If so, which ones and why? If not, why not?