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A 6 page analysis of two of William Faulkner's short stories, 'Barn Burning' and 'That Evening Sun.' In each of these stories, Faulkner addresses the economic structure of the South as a way of illustrating the social pressures that served to keep segments of the population oppressed. Despite this similarity, however, each story has diametrically opposed effects in that 'That Evening Sun' illustrates the injustice of oppression against poor blacks, yet 'Barn Burning' displays that the oppression that affected the poor whites was largely brought on by the father of the family quite intentionally. Bibliography lists 6 sources. 99bb&tes.wps
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economic structure of the South as a way of illustrating the social pressures that served to keep segments of the population oppressed.
Despite this similarity, however, each story has diametrically opposed effects in that "That Evening Sun" illustrates the injustice of oppression against poor blacks, yet "Barn Burning" displays that the oppression
that affected the poor whites was largely brought on by the father of the family quite intentionally. In each of these stories, Faulkner manipulates the viewpoint and internal subjectivity of
the stories in order to achieve a universality of meaning that, indeed, does become poetic in its ability to reach out to the reader (Ford 527). While these two
stories are different in subject matter and in characterization, they each occur within the framework of the Southern culture that Faulkner knew. In each of these stories, one hears the
rhythms and prejudices of Southern speech. In each of these stories, one hears the casual and cruel tone that automatically placed black people in a category that was lower then
human. In "That Evening Sun," one hears Nancys anguish at being subjected to this attitude all of her life. One of the
children asks her whats wrong: " I aint nothing but a nigger, Nancy said. It aint none of my fault " ("That Evening Sun" 2034). Likewise, in "Barn Burning," one
hears the casual cruelty of prejudice. When Abner Snopes goes to meet his new employer for the first time, a black servant tries to stop him from entering the house
with dirty boots. Abner casually pushes him aside. " Get out of my way, nigger," said father, without heat too, flinging the door back and the Negro also and entering,
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