Comparison Of Trifles And Barn Burning
Imagine being trapped in a horrible situation, and the choices that are allowed are either negative outcome or a positive outcome. What does the average person pick? Honestly it depends on the situation and the issue itself. Mrs. Hale from the short story “Trifles”, Mama from “Everyday Use”, and Sartoris from “Barn Burning” are all symbols a dynamic individuals through there situations through life.
In the short story “Trifles”, Mrs. Hale and some others go to house where a local man was killed, however they believe it was the work of his wife. Mrs. Hale sees a different view of the situation, she believes that Mrs. Foster was hurting inside and was unhappy in her own home. Mrs. Foster was basically alone “not having children make less work…”
(Glaspell 1612). No one can understand how it must have felt to be in her situation, however Mrs. Hale sees she was helping herself.
In the short story “Everyday Use”, Mama raises her daughters, and hopes they turn out to have a wonderful future. However, Mama’s daughters are completely different. Maggie was look down on when it came to Dee”… is lighter than Maggie...” (Walker 428). Dee wants all the nice things, and when she goes to college she changes into a new person.
In the short story “Barn Burning”, Sartoris is young boy with a dad that is a criminal. When the family were basically kicked out of town the moved on like always. Sartoris never knew where they going neither did his dad. When finally reaching a place to stay they look for work. Dad knows a man, but the dad rudely tells the nigger, “’ Get out of my way, Nigger’.”(Faulkner 340).
The dynamic characters I choose were strong and wanted to stick there ground. They all have their own situations and battles to fight. They have to pick between destroying a life with family and friends involved to do the right things.
In the short story “Trifles”, Mrs. Hale and some others go to house where a local man was killed, however they believe it was the work of his wife. Mrs. Hale sees a different view of the situation, she believes that Mrs. Foster was hurting inside and was unhappy in her own home. Mrs. Foster was basically alone “not having children make less work…”
(Glaspell 1612). No one can understand how it must have felt to be in her situation, however Mrs. Hale sees she was helping herself.
In the short story “Everyday Use”, Mama raises her daughters, and hopes they turn out to have a wonderful future. However, Mama’s daughters are completely different. Maggie was look down on when it came to Dee”… is lighter than Maggie...” (Walker 428). Dee wants all the nice things, and when she goes to college she changes into a new person.
In the short story “Barn Burning”, Sartoris is young boy with a dad that is a criminal. When the family were basically kicked out of town the moved on like always. Sartoris never knew where they going neither did his dad. When finally reaching a place to stay they look for work. Dad knows a man, but the dad rudely tells the nigger, “’ Get out of my way, Nigger’.”(Faulkner 340).
The dynamic characters I choose were strong and wanted to stick there ground. They all have their own situations and battles to fight. They have to pick between destroying a life with family and friends involved to do the right things.