Different Laws

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Through the spans of time and all throughout the world there have been people making the decision to do what they believe is right, knowing it has its repercussions. As I read the two pieces of literature assigned I can see a similarity in the two main characters, Antigony from the play Antigony, and Sarty for the story Barn Burning. Both characters have to make a decision and accept the consequences that follow, but it is the difference in the way that the authors illustrate how the charters go about making that decision that I find intriguing.

The two pieces of work, Antigony and Barn Burning, tell us that the main characters feel that they have to do something they believe in, in order to feel a since of peace within. In Antigony, Antigony's brothers are killed and one is buried, but the other is forbidden to be touched, or for anyone to mourn for him. Antigony does not believe that it is fair that her brother cannot have a proper burial, so that his soul cannot descend into the afterlife. The decision that Antigony has to make is whether or not to bury her brother. Much like Antigony, Sarty has a decision to make. Sarty's father is a barnburner and is going to burn down a barn without warning the owner

In Antigony and Barn Burning the differences between the decisions Sarty and Antigony have to make effect what happens to them in the future. Antigony makes her decision knowing that she is going to die; she has no worry of what will happen later in her life. On the other hand, Sarty lives; he has to look at his decision every day for the rest of his life. I am sure that he will question his choice later on. These are hard choices that they have to make, but that is what they choose.

have any more conflicts. By telling the barn owner of his father's intentions it results in his father being shot and killed. It is evident in this passage of the story that Sarty doesn't want his father to die, "...after he heard the shot and an instant later, two shots, pausing now without knowing he had ceased to run, crying, 'Pap! Pap!'... running among the invisible trees, panting, sobbing 'Father! Father!'"(Faulkner 13) Antigony had already accepted the fact that she would die after breaking the kings law, whereas Sarty did not realize that by telling the owner of the barn that it would kill his father.

. Sarty has to decide whether he should go and tell the barn owner, or to keep his mouth shut and stand by his family. In both works the decision is to stick with your blood, or to portray your blood. This is where the differences in the two stories come into play. Antigony decides to stick with her blood and bury h!

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Approximate Word count = 961
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels