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This 5 page report discusses William Faulkner’s short story “Barn
Burning” published in 1939. In it, Faulkner tells about the
Snopes family. Ab Snopes is a poor sharecropper and onetime
horsethief who takes out his frustrations against the post-Civil
War aristocracy by burning barns. Colonel Sartoris “Sarty”
Snopes is his adolescent son, who detests his father’s
destructiveness. Ultimately, Sarty has to make a choice between
family loyalty and fundamental morality. Bibliography lists 2
sources.
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File: D0_BWsarty.rtf
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his adolescent son, who detests his fathers destructiveness. Ultimately, Sarty has to make a choice between family loyalty and fundamental morality. Bibliography lists 2 sources. BWsarty.wps
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this paper properly! Introduction "Barn Burning" (1939) is one of Faulkners short stories that is anthologized the most often. It takes place several decades after the Civil War and
tells the story of a father and son in the Snopes family: Ab Snopes is a poor sharecropper, onetime horsethief, and former soldier for the South during the Civil War,
who takes out his frustrations against the post-Civil War aristocracy by burning barns. Colonel Sartoris "Sarty" Snopes is Abs adolescent son, who detests his fathers destructiveness. Ultimately, Sarty
has to make a choice between family loyalty and fundamental morality. It is easy to dismiss the story as primarily a "coming-of-age" story until one remembers that it may have
been one of the first and most realistic portrayals of that phenomenon in American literature. The questions and inner turmoil Sarty faces in making his decision regarding whether
or not he should warn the de Spains illustrate the strength of family loyalty or as Faulkner calls it "the old fierce pull of blood." When Sarty comes to
the realization that his own father violates his own sense of morality, he realizes that he is no longer obligated to stand by his father for no better reason than
he is his father. Such a realization allows him to better understand the ways in which the Snopes family is thoroughly oppressive. Sartys Understanding Abner "Ab" Snopes is
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