sarty's struggle for independe

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In "Barn Burning," by Faulkner we are told the story of how Sarty (Colonel Sartoris Snopes) struggles with his father in order to find his own identity. At first Sarty is blindly following his father. Later on in the story Sarty questions his father, provoking some serious reactions on the part of the father. At the end, Sarty betrays his father and finally gains his independence from the bitter old man.

When Sarty's father is first put on trial, Sarty is called up to the witness stand. As he was walking forward, he blocked most of the situation out, but the thoughts running through his head were, "He aims for me to lie," "and I will have to do hit." (both on p. 482)These two statements clearly suggest that Sarty knew what actually happened. They also suggest that Sarty's father expects him to lie in defense of his family, 'his blood.' Even though Sar

When Sarty's father decided to burn Major de Spain's barn, again Sarty attempted to question his father. This time the father just grabbed Sarty, carried him into the next room and ordered Ms. Snopes to hold him in order to prevent him from warning de Spain of the burning of his barn. Sarty eventually freed himself from his mother's grasp and made his way up to de Spain's house, and warned de Spain of his father's plan to burn the barn, completely betraying his own father, his own 'blood.' This betrayal is compounded by the sound of gunshots in the night, suggesting that de Spain did indeed find the father attempting to burn his barn, and ended that threat.

After leaving that town, Sarty questioned his father, asking, "You were fixing to tell them. You would have told him." To this his father replied without a verbal response. Instead, the father struck Sarty saying without heat or ange

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Approximate Word count = 602
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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