An Anguished Process from Psychological Struggles to Actions
English 1102
1/13/2013
An Anguished Process from Psychological Struggles to Actions William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning” and Zora Neala Hurston’s “Sweat” are both short stories talking about family relationships. “'Barn Burning' is about a spiritual quest for the father”. (Billingslea). However “Sweat” questions what marriage brings to women? William Faulkner describes the young boy Sarty’s inner battle through the abundant description of his back and forth psychological change. However, Zora Neala Hurston uses ample conversation to show Delia’s rebellion. Both the two authors Faulkner and Hurston describe the two characters’ inner battles to show that transformation from psychological struggles to actions is a very painful and long process. Oliver Billingslea, a professor of Auburn University at Montgomery addresses: “In "Barn Burning" Faulkner has created a magnificently ambivalent text, focusing on life, on man's constant struggle.”( “Fathers and sons: the spiritual quest in Faulkner's "Barn Burning"). Sarty’s dilemma is supporting his father or justice when his father commit a crime . While the laundrywomen Delia’s struggle is saving or not saving his husband when he is bitted by the rattlesnake. At the beginning of “Barn Burning”, Sarty absolutely supports his father. First,when his father Abner gets accused for burning Mr. Harris’s barn, Sarty knows his father is a “barn burner” but he regards Harris as his family’s enemy. He thinks “our enemy …ourn! mine and hisn both! He’s my father!)”(Faulkner 156). Second, Sarty fights with a boy who calls Sarty s father “Barn burner”. While in “Sweat”, Delia never sticks to his husband. From the couple’s conversation, readers realize Delia's social background and the situation of being abused. When Delia complains that her husband throws the whip on her shoulder that scared her, her husband says: “Course Ah knowed it! That’s how come Ah done
1/13/2013
An Anguished Process from Psychological Struggles to Actions William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning” and Zora Neala Hurston’s “Sweat” are both short stories talking about family relationships. “'Barn Burning' is about a spiritual quest for the father”. (Billingslea). However “Sweat” questions what marriage brings to women? William Faulkner describes the young boy Sarty’s inner battle through the abundant description of his back and forth psychological change. However, Zora Neala Hurston uses ample conversation to show Delia’s rebellion. Both the two authors Faulkner and Hurston describe the two characters’ inner battles to show that transformation from psychological struggles to actions is a very painful and long process. Oliver Billingslea, a professor of Auburn University at Montgomery addresses: “In "Barn Burning" Faulkner has created a magnificently ambivalent text, focusing on life, on man's constant struggle.”( “Fathers and sons: the spiritual quest in Faulkner's "Barn Burning"). Sarty’s dilemma is supporting his father or justice when his father commit a crime . While the laundrywomen Delia’s struggle is saving or not saving his husband when he is bitted by the rattlesnake. At the beginning of “Barn Burning”, Sarty absolutely supports his father. First,when his father Abner gets accused for burning Mr. Harris’s barn, Sarty knows his father is a “barn burner” but he regards Harris as his family’s enemy. He thinks “our enemy …ourn! mine and hisn both! He’s my father!)”(Faulkner 156). Second, Sarty fights with a boy who calls Sarty s father “Barn burner”. While in “Sweat”, Delia never sticks to his husband. From the couple’s conversation, readers realize Delia's social background and the situation of being abused. When Delia complains that her husband throws the whip on her shoulder that scared her, her husband says: “Course Ah knowed it! That’s how come Ah done