After that Sarty is bleeding a bit and his mother wants to wash the wound but is forced to do nothing by his father. “She was crying, though when she saw him she drew her sleeve across her face and began to descend from the wagon. Get back, the father said. “He’s hurt. I got to get some water and wash his…”Get back in the wagon, his father said.” …show more content…
Later in the evening we see Sarty’s father getting kerosene ready to exact his revenge upon the de Spain family by burning down their barn. This is where Sarty finally attempts to stop his father’s reign and take it upon himself to stop him. “De Spain! He cried, panted. Where’s…then he saw the white man too emerging from a white door down the hall. Barn! He cried. Barn!” (Faulkner 199) He told Major de Spain of his father’s ware bouts and de Spain shoots him but not before the fire is set. In the end, his father is dead but he is free and doesn’t look