In the short story, "Barn Burning", William Faulkner uses several different tangible objects as symbols to contribute to the story's meaning. The first symbol to be discussed from "Barn Burning", are the fires that the father, Abner Snopes, makes. He uses an extremely small fire, just large enough for cooking and light in the evening but at the same time, the father uses a massive fire to set a barn ablaze. ...

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"Barn Burning" William Faulkner (1897 "1962) was an American novelist who was born in New Albany, Mississippi. ... The story "Barn burning- by William Faulkner, at a glance appears to concentrate mainly on the character of the young boy Colonel Sartoris Snopes (Sarty) and his inner conflict. ...

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He also has strong emotions, as when he saves Addie's body from the burning building, "...he appears to be enclosed in a thin nimbus of fire." ... These are depicted in the barn he burns and the river episode. ... Vardaman is full of confusion and loneliness, that he had at one time ran to the barn, where he touches the horses flesh as if he were reaching for his mother: The life in him runs under the skin, under my hand, running through the splotches, smelling us into my nose where the sickness is beginning to cry, vomiting the crying, and then I can breathe, vomiting it. ...

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