1. Symbolism in Faulkner's Barn Burning
A father with a need to burn the barns of aristocrats resulting in dragging his family down with him; along with his knowledgeable son. ... When God chose to speak to Moses, "... the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed" ( Exodus 3:2). 1 Kings 18:24 speaks also of God communicating to people by fire, "'Then you call on the name of your god and I will call on the name of the Lord; the god who answers by fire is indeed God.' ... In Christianity, fire represents the Holy Spirit, which came down u...
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