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    Gray ENC1102 03/20/2013 All Grew Up‚ Except One William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning” has a dynamic character‚ Sarty‚ whose individual maturity increases throughout the story and initiates a moral and healthy lifestyle for him. In this story‚ Sarty is faced with a lot of drama regarding his family and this helps him build his personal maturity to truly evaluate the negative and positive aspects of his life. The short story “Barn Burning” is defined as an initiation story because Sarty‚ the 10-year-old

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    In the short story “A rose for Emily” by William Faulkner‚ it starts off with the unknown narrator explaining Miss Emily’s funeral and why the townspeople actually attended. From this the reader learns what type of character Miss Emily is. She does not like change and cannot handle denial. Her family’s name and the way she was bought up by her father is the explanation for this. Throughout the story the reader realizes how respected her family was and what lengths Miss Emily is willing to go to keep

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    Barn Burning Close Reading In “Barn Burning”‚ William Faulkner creates the ultimate story of choosing between right and wrong. Colonel Sartoris Snopes‚ a young boy nicknamed Sarty‚ lives torn between two different worlds. One is the life he actually lives‚ an ever-changing life of farm work and moving‚ where his father‚ Abner Snopes‚ burns down barns of anyone he feels has wronged him. Filled with despair‚ Sarty lives in constant fear of his father’s destructive and violent nature. The other world

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    Abner Snopes in “Barn Burning” The story “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner focuses on the impact Abner Snope’s behavior has towards his family and to multiple farm owners. Abner Snopes tries to make a living by crop sharing‚ and out of the resentment of wealthy farm owners he burns down their barns. As a result‚ Abner blames society for his actions and feels free to disobey common laws. Abner’s actions indicate him to be a thoughtless force of violence‚ cold-hearted‚ and lawless man. Abner

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    Darrius Jones Dr. Gafford A Rose for Emily 3/21/13 The short story begins by telling the end of it; the story begins with the funeral of the aristocratic Miss Emily Grierson during the time period of the civil war. The funeral turnout so big‚ the whole town of Jefferson attended. The town felt responsible for Miss Emily because they felt that she was a “tradition‚ a duty and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town” (287). “The men of the town respected Miss Grierson and viewed

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    Barn Burning” by William Faulkner follows the life of Colonel Sartosis Snopes‚ Sarty‚ and his family. Sarty is a ten year boy who moves around a lot due to his dad’s violent habits. Sarty has to decide what his morals are and if his loyalty to his father is worth putting in front of those morals. Sarty’s father‚ Abner‚ burns down people’s barns if he has a conflict with them. The members of the Snopes Family all live in fear of Abner because of his rage and violence. Sarty goes through the

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    A Rose for Emily is a sectionally divided short story about the illness Emily suffered after her Father’s death‚ the fear of the townspeople that she would kill herself‚ her resistance to the inquiry of the townspeople thirty years earlier‚ Emily’s death and the events that follow thereafter. William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” strikes the interests of the readers by how it is in accordance with Henry James’ “The Art of Fiction” because of how it reflects life with such a degree of frank realism

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    In “A Rose for Emily‚” the structure of the story is one that typically does not appear in many stories. It starts off with the ending which eventually leads to what really happened to Miss Emily. This story is surrounded around the ideas and visions of someone that lives in the town. It lets us know of what the people in the town thought of Miss Emily‚ and the things she was going through. The structure also does not follow a chronological order which plays out like that of a detective story. Also

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    Miguel Nieves E3en Holy Angel University CREWRITE Mr. Edgar Delalamon A ROSE FOR EMILY BY WILLIAM FAULKNER The narrator describes what happens after Emily dies. Emily’s body is laid out in the parlor‚ and the women‚ town elders‚ and two cousins attend the service. The narrator describes the fear that some of the townspeople have that Emily will use the poison to kill herself. The narrator recalls the time of Emily Grierson’s death and how the entire town attended her funeral in her home‚ which

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    In “A Rose for Emily‚” William Faulkner includes multiple situations to foreshadow the short story’s ending when Homer Barron’s decomposed corpse is discovered. Faulkner makes it very clear to readers as the short story progresses‚ by addressing the smell‚ the poison‚ and Homer’s disappearance that foreshadow to the discovery of his body in Emily’s house. The short story starts out describing Emily and the home her father left to her‚ after his passing. The town’s people refer to this home as

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