thematic unit on the Depression era‚ or as an element of an interdisciplinary course of the Depression ’30s‚ "Barn Burning" can be used to awaken students to the race‚ class‚ and economic turmoil of the decade. During the 1930s‚ the Sartoris and Snopes families were overlapping entities in Faulkner ’s imagination. These families with their opposing social values spurred his imagination at a time when he wrote about the passing of a conservative‚ agricultural South and the opening up of the South
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spending most of her life in seclusion. On the contrary‚ Abner Snopes is a loud‚ fiery-tempered man that most people tend to avoid. If these characters are judged by reputation and outward appearance only‚ the conclusion would be that Emily Grierson and Abner Snopes are complete opposites. However‚ despite the external differences‚ these two characters have surprisingly similar personalities. First of all‚ Emily Grierson and Abner Snopes have very different backgrounds. Emily Grierson is born
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life style‚ while coming to terms with his own morality. The young son‚ whose name is Colonel Sartoris Snopes‚ is the protagonist in this story. Sarty (the boy’s nickname) disapproves of his father’s destructive actions and soon has to decide whether to be loyal to his family or give in to his own values of morality. Abner Snopes‚ who is the boy’s father‚ is the antagonist in the story. Abner Snopes is a very angry man‚ who despises the aristocracy class of people whom he has to work for and throughout
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about human meaning.” (Mr. John Mays) Sarty Snopes in William Faulkner’s Barn Burning‚ explores these questions of human meaning‚ which ultimately classifies this modernistic short story. The dichotomy and differences between Sarty and Abner Snopes creates an undeniable tension within the character of Sarty‚ while he battles himself in order to decide which is more important: that which is right‚ or sticking to your own blood. The characters of Sarty and Abner embody the renewed modern man and his flawed
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closed society of the American South‚ a society rooted in traditional values. In the short stories "Barn Burning" and "A Rose for Emily‚" Faulkner explores what happens when individuals lose their connection to this society and its values. Both Abner Snopes‚ a rebellious sharecropper‚ and Emily Grierson‚ an unmarried woman from a prominent family‚ are isolated from their respective communities‚ and both find themselves in a kind of societal limbo. Once in that limbo‚ they no longer feel the need to
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beliefs were especially prevalent in the differences between Abner Snopes and Major de Spain. “Barn Burning” showcases Colonel Sartoris Snopes’s ("Sarty") break with his father’s beliefs on how best to deal with the class inequality. “Barn Burning” is a classic demonstration of the economic and political power struggle between the bourgeoisie‚ the justice system and the wealthy plantation owner‚ and the proletariat‚ the Snopes. Abner Snopes was born before the Civil war‚ into a poor‚ proletariat‚ family;
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actions. The story is all about choices‚ and the struggle of deciding between right and wrong. In Faulkner’s “Barn Burning”‚ we are presented with two main characters‚ Abner Snopes and his son Satoris Snopes. In the opening act‚ the two are attending a court trial between Abner and his landlord Mr.Harris over whether or not Abner burned down Mr.Harris’s barn. Mr.Harris then goes into
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slowly evolves throughout the narration to a high sense of horror and justice. There is a persistent conflict of personality between the two main characters; the father‚ Abner Snopes‚ who values only his self-interest and the boy‚ his youngest son named Colonel Sartoris but called Sarty‚ who values honor and justice. Abner Snopes was brought to trial in a makeshift court‚ accused of burning the barn of a Mr. Harris. During the trial‚ when he was going to be called upon to testify by a Justice
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committing terrible crimes. However‚ Miss Emily in “A Rose for Emily” and Abner Snopes in “Barn Burning” are both portrayed very differently from each other. A few things to consider while reading these short stories is how each of these characters is characterized‚ how the author generates sympathy for these characters‚ and the order in which the events in these stories occur. The way Faulkner characterizes Miss Emily and Abner Snopes throughout these stories is very different. In “A Rose for Emily”‚
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Burning” Abner Snopes is a white tenant farmer. He has this attitude that he should be given everything and should not be working as a sharecropper because he is white. At this time in history‚ many sharecroppers were freed slaves. Snopes believed that because he was white‚ he shouldn’t be a sharecropper. Like many sharecropper at this time‚ Snopes had plenty debts that needed to paid off. Instead of paying off his debts‚ Snopes decide to burn down his landowner’s barns. This leads Snopes and his
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