Can something as little as the color of your skin color tear a family apart? Maybe not now a days, but back long ago it could. The story entitled “Desiree’s Baby” is about a woman who has a baby with her slave owning husband, Armand. The baby’s birth starts to raise suspicions as to whom the rightful parents are, and the rightful nationality is of the baby. The truth is so devastating that it dramatically changes the family for good. Chopin, the author of the short story, does an excellent job in provoking the reader’s emotions, such as anxiety, because she keeps the reader’s attention with suspicion, uses figurative language, and she makes dramatic irony as a big part of the story. Chopin is able to keep the reader constantly entertained