Armand And Desiree Aubigny Blinded By Their Own...

Armand and Desiree Aubigny: Blinded by Their Own Circumstances For an audience to fully grasp why an author feels the compulsive conviction to write about a particular subject, they must first have a base of knowledge on the author and the story they wish to examine. Kate Chopin was born as Kate O’Flaherty to Eliza and Thomas O’Flaherty in 1850 in St. Louis, Missouri (Wyatt). Chopin had an absence of male presence in her early life after her father died until she was married. Due to the fact that every aspect of Chopin’s early life after her father’s death was dictated by her mother and grandmother, including her education and social life, many of Chopin’s stories put a great emphasis on strong independent, smart women (Wyatt). Furthermore, Chopin grew up during the Civil War and many aspects of war and race are evident within her works. At age twenty, Kate married Oscar Chopin and moved to New Orleans where Oscar Chopin’s family owned and operated a plantation (Wyatt). The Chopin’s marriage was happy and fulfilling for both parties, but most notably for Kate; indeed, Kate’s husband â€Å"allowed† her many freedoms other Southern men would have gawked at, such as speaking her mind freely on political and religious matters, as well as the liberty to pen her opinions (Wyatt). However, in 1882 Oscar passed way and left with great debt and no other way of supporting her family Chopin moved herself and her children in with her mother. Nonetheless, her time in the French New Orleans