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William Faulkner’s Barn Burning: Sarty Analysis

In William Faulkner’s story, “Barn Burning”, we find a young man who struggles with the relationship he has with his father.  We see Sarty (Colonel Sartoris Snopes), the young man, develop into an adult while dealing with the many crude actions and ways of Abner, his father. We see Sarty as a puzzled youth who…

Critical Analysis: “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner

“Barn Burning” is a sad story because it very clearly shows the classical struggle between the “privileged” and the “underprivileged” classes.  Time after time emotions of despair surface from both the protagonist and the antagonist involved in the story. This story outlines two distinct protagonists and two distinct antagonists.  The first two are Colonel Sartoris…