barn burning
John Dow
ENG204E
Prof. Carry
Feb/3/2013
Reading Question: Describe Sarty Snopes in terms of his personality, his actions, and his moral conflict.
In the story “barn Burning” by William Faulkner, Sartoris Snopes battles with the major conflict of loyalty and being able to be loyal to his family at all times. He deals with the struggle from distinguishing right from wrong as he is vulnerable to his dad’s way of living. Sarty prevents his father from burning de Spain’s barn as the barn gives him a feeling of joy and peace. This shows that Sarty’s personality entails of goodness rather than being corrupt like his father. His father stresses the importance of being loyal to his family but Sarty sees the bigger picture as he sees this as a way of being shunned by his father. Sarty seems to go against his father’s orders of being loyal as he is warned from his father that if he does not support his family, then they wouldn’t support him. Sarty chooses a different path as he believes he can support himself and not follow up to his father’s corruption and be a puppet like his brother John. Sarty defended his family’s name when a boy strikes Sarty and he bleeds. This is seen as loyalty and having pride for his family. However later on Sarty’s goes against his father’s wishes and decides to notify de Spain of hat is to come to his barn, choosing to be free. Sarty has good judgment as he bases his beliefs from right and wrong rather than loyalty in which his father heavily preaches to him. The theme of loyalty to family versus loyalty to good judgment is exemplified as Sarty chooses to rely on just himself opposed to being loyal.
ENG204E
Prof. Carry
Feb/3/2013
Reading Question: Describe Sarty Snopes in terms of his personality, his actions, and his moral conflict.
In the story “barn Burning” by William Faulkner, Sartoris Snopes battles with the major conflict of loyalty and being able to be loyal to his family at all times. He deals with the struggle from distinguishing right from wrong as he is vulnerable to his dad’s way of living. Sarty prevents his father from burning de Spain’s barn as the barn gives him a feeling of joy and peace. This shows that Sarty’s personality entails of goodness rather than being corrupt like his father. His father stresses the importance of being loyal to his family but Sarty sees the bigger picture as he sees this as a way of being shunned by his father. Sarty seems to go against his father’s orders of being loyal as he is warned from his father that if he does not support his family, then they wouldn’t support him. Sarty chooses a different path as he believes he can support himself and not follow up to his father’s corruption and be a puppet like his brother John. Sarty defended his family’s name when a boy strikes Sarty and he bleeds. This is seen as loyalty and having pride for his family. However later on Sarty’s goes against his father’s wishes and decides to notify de Spain of hat is to come to his barn, choosing to be free. Sarty has good judgment as he bases his beliefs from right and wrong rather than loyalty in which his father heavily preaches to him. The theme of loyalty to family versus loyalty to good judgment is exemplified as Sarty chooses to rely on just himself opposed to being loyal.