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A 5 page essay discussing the reason that this story by William Faulkner is more effectively told from the child's point of view than his father's, and what Faulkner has gained from this choice. It argues that since the amoral Abner is incapable of having a moral dilemma and therefore from generating true conflict, the stronger story comes from his son. No additional sources cited.
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story from a childs point of view, but on the surface this would not seem to be a childs story, and early in the story Sartoris Snopes seems more a
victim of lifes injustices than an agent of change. This paper will discuss the reason that this story is more effectively told from Sartoris point of view than his fathers,
and what Faulkner has gained from this choice. Point of view in fiction refers to the authors choice of a character to tell his story through. In stories where the
story is told in first person, the point of view is obvious; the story is told through the eyes of the person addressing himself as "I". Most stories, however,
are told in third person. There are a number of advantages to this. First, it allows the author to distance himself somewhat from his work. Second, the use of third
person allows the author of a longer work the liberty of switching points of view midstream; he can begin the story from the viewpoint of one character and switch to
another. Bringing in different voices and different ways of looking at things is an easy way to give the story a breadth that it otherwise would have lacked, and it
lends variety to a work that otherwise might become monotonous. But in short stories, only one point of view is generally used, and this is the case with Faulkners "Barn
Burning." And the surface, the most logical choice of narrator for "Barn Burning" would seem to be its most towering character, Abner Snopes. He certainly is a character we want
to understand. Abner is a sharecropper, a member of a profession that rarely gets any respect. And Abner is a man who desperately needs respect, even if he has
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