Writing is a rare talent that belongs only to few. Authors can make us cry, they can make us laugh, they can make us angry, they can create fright, and they can create suspense. This simple language that we use everyday, writers can put together to make a fascinating puzzle for us to look at. This fascination is true for such stories as "A Clean Well-Lighted Place," by Ernest Hemingway, and "Barn Burning," by William Faulkner. Similarly, both of these writers depend on personal experience to create their own unique style seen in most of their works. Hemingway generally writes stories that take place in Europe, where he spent most of his time in Italy and France. Faulkner typically writes about Mississippi, where he spent the majority of his life. The fast paced European scene as compared to the slow country scene of Mississippi could be a factor in the style and tone that Hemingway and Faulkne

Through this analysis of these two short stories, we can see that through dialog the style of writing of Hemingway and Faulkner in "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" and "Barn Burning" is very different. Hemingway uses his dialog as a focal point in his story with the description as somewhat of an accompaniment to create a certain style. Faulkner uses the dialog as a point where he can divulge into a character by using very descriptive passages about the character's thoughts and actions.

On the other hand, in "Barn Burning," Faulkner uses his dialog to lead into the thoughts and actions of the character. From his style of writing, the reader cannot determine the personality of the characters by the dialog alone. It seems as if Faulkner uses the dialog to set up what actions a character is about to take or to use it as a lead for a paragraph on what the character is thinking. When Sarty's dad is on trial for a burned barn the judge says to Sa

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