their father. the main character and father, Abner Snopes, is a self-ritous "no-good" who
supports his family by moving from barn to barn as a tenant. He is able to do this by setting fire
to the barn he tends to, and then leaving the city and finding another gullible, victim who needs
him to tend to their land. Faulkner describes Abner as rough-cut whit-trash who's only
motivation seems to be other's down falls.
The overall impression Faulkner wants the reader to get is that his chara
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