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Christophe is a famous writer that has traveled to Paris and has returned to New Orleans to teach the young men of color from his home. He feels that he needs to better the place in which he was raised, yet he often finds that the freedom that he was afforded in Paris no longer exists for him, and he has trouble in trying to fight the system from within when many of the victims of this system have come to quietly accept their way of life.
Throughout this tale, there is also the sister of Marcel, Marie Ste. Marie, who was born with such pale skin that she is often mistaken for white. She is supposedly what all the women in the area hope that their children to look like but she is often shunned for beauty. Even her mother is jealous of her. Yet, Marie hates the arrangements that these women make, trying to be what they are not and trying to create children like her who have no secure place in the world. She wishes to marry a colored man and is thought lowly for this choice. Eventually, Marie is raped due to the jealously of others, making her ruined for any white man. However, since a white man raped her, she has no right to accuse him, and it is her father's brother-in-law who must defend her honor as it is illegal for a colored man to duel a white man. Even in doing so, he must duel based on her worth and not her honor. However, he is also conflicted on this decision as he was raised with the notion of slaves and has fallen in love with a young colored woman who has given birth to his son as well. He must face the responsibilities of his actions in bringing another innocent yet misplaced soul into creation.