Kate Chopin’s short story “Désirée’s Baby” is much more than a simple narrative; the story expresses very strong political and societal assertions. The story takes place in the 1840s on the Louisiana plantations in the midst of the disputes between the abolitionists and the pro-slavery the...

In Faulkner’s “Barn Burning,” race relations play an integral role as time and place converge in the South of The United States some thirty years after the end of the Civil War. It is important to note the difference between the author’s point-of-view from that of his characters, whose dialo...