Barn Burning by William Faulkner is a short story told through the eyes of Sartoris Snopes, who is the ten-year-old son of the rebellious Abner Snopes. ... As a round character, Sarty allows three of his father's actions to help him realize that he does not want to be like his father: a burned barn, a ruined rug, and a second attempt to burn a barn. Early on in the story, Sarty finds himself sitting in the presence of the Justice wanting to defend his father even though he knew his father had burned their landlord's barn out of rebellion for the pig incident. ... He heard his fath...

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Barn Burning At the beginning of the story Faulkner introduced the readers to Sarty who is the main character of "Barn Burning". ... After the trial and ordered to pay the prize to De Spain, Abner is angry and that is why he decided to burn De Spain's barn so he doesn't have to pay. He asked Sarty to go to the barn and get the wagon oil. ... The falling action occurs after Sarty get away from the restraints of his mother's grasp and goes to warn De Spain that his father is going to burn down the barn. Faulkner introduced the readers to the climax after Sarty warns De Spain ab...

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From the onset of "Barn Burning" it is obvious that the boy, Colonel Sartoris Snopes, fears his father. When he is called up to testify, his father "did not even look at him" at which point Colonel knows that "He aims for me to lie, he thought, again with that frantic grief and despair. And I will...

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• Grade Level: High School