Point Of View In Barn Burning By Sarty

Point of view is the way a story is written. There are several types of point of views depending on who is telling the story; first person, second person, and third person. First person is the most difficult of the all because the author writes almost everything from the point of view of the main character as if the character is speaking to the person reading it. Certain words such as "I" and "me" are used to describe the character in the story. Second person is rarely ever seen in a story because it is the most difficult to understand, write, and read. The word "you" is used to describe the character in a second person point of view. Third Person is the most commonly used type of point of view in the fictional writing. The author uses the
Harris barn. Sarty knows it is not the right thing to do but he also knows he must remain loyal to his father. When it was time to question Sarty they decided to let him off the hook. But, Sarty's father Abner Snopes is advised to leave the country and never come back. After the case was dismissed Sarty and his family went on there way. The next day, they arrived at their home and Adner Snopes wanted to go speak with the new owners and brought Sarty along with him. While walking toward the white mansion Snopes deliberately walks in a pile of poop, barges his way into the home, and makes his way to a white rug and smears the poop all over it. The following day the owner of the rug Mr. de Spain arrives to Sarty's home and brings the rug along for it to be cleaned. The two sisters clean the rug then Snopes and Sarty return the rug back the next morning. When returning the rug back, Mr. de Spain is not happy with the cleaning done to the rug and demands Snopes give him twenty extra bushels of corn to make up for the rug. Snopes did not agree with this charge and decided the next day to go the store where the Justice of the Peace was and reduce the amount of bushels Mr. de Spain required him to pay for the rug. The Justice of the Peace decides Snopes is responsible for the damage but reduces the bushel to ten. After, a long day of Sarty, his father, and brother walking around town they arrived home. After dinner Sarty hears his mother arguing with his father about something. Sarty realizes his father is going to burn Mr. de Spain's barn down, and wants to alert him of what his father is going to do. Sarty tries to make it to Mr. de Spain's home when he suddenly hears gunshots fired. After the gunshots were heard Sarty thought his father is killed and makes his way up to the top of a hill and left everything that has happened behind