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A 3 page essay that discusses the meaning and significance of fire imagery in William Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning." Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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against society by setting fire to the barns of people who annoy him. In the narrative, Faulkner uses fire as a symbol for Abners intense anger and alienation, which is
a main theme in the narrative, as Sarty has to decide whether to accept his fathers worldview as his own norm or reject it and make his own way in
the world. The story opens with Abner in a courtroom, once again defending himself on a charge of barn burning, but his guilt is perfectly obvious, if unproven. Faulkner
uses dialect to indicate the "rural or hillbilly origins of characters such as Sarty or Abner Snopes" (McDonald 46). As the story progresses, Faulkner reveals more details about Abners past
and his worldview. A pivotal scene, which underscores the significance of fire in Abners life occurs when the family camps for the night, while on the way to new location,
where Abner will sharecrop a rich mans land. Faulkner writes that the night was cool, so his father built a fire, which was "a small fire, neat, niggard almost,
a shrewd fire; such fires were his fathers habit and custom always, even in freezing weather" (Faulkner 2052). The narrative voice intrudes on the storyline and speculates that if Sarty
had been older, he would have wondered why his father, would have witnessed the "waste and extravagance of war" and who "burned everything in sight" when angry, should build such
a small fire to warm his family and himself (Faulkner 2052). Further speculation connects the topic of fire to Abners past during the Civil War, when, as part of
an outlaw band of soldiers, he hid from both Northern and Southern armies with the strings of horses that he and his comrades had stolen from both armies (Faulkner 2052).
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