Barn Burning
Colonel Sartoris Snopes, who is called “Sarty” by his family, is a major character in William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning.” This young boy of about ten finds himself in the position of being expected to lie to protect his father from punishment for burning the neighbor’s barn. Sarty’s character in “Barn Burning” is a study of the physical and spiritual relationships between a father and son that are born out in the reality of truth versus lies as evidenced in Sarty’s Personal integrity. In “Barn Burning” Faulkner writes about the relationship between a father and his son in both the hereditary and the spiritual sense. Sarty early in the story respects his father because of his father’s service in the military and the clannish code found in southern families without regard to social status. The young boy was not really aware of his father’s good or bad qualities or of the complexities of his father’s behavior. He was aware that his father was facing a court. He was not yet openly aware of the way he really felt about his father’s activities and the fact that he might have to dispute his f
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Approximate Word count = 740
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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