Suzelle Napoleon Prof. Robinson English 102 College Composition August 1, 2011 Write an essay describing Sarty’s attitude toward his father as they develop and change throughout the story. (Barn Burning) Sartoris Snopes is a young boy with a major conflict in his life; “be true to his blood”? or come forward with the truth. His father, Colonel Sartoris Snopes, a reckless character with very cruel intentions has had to relocate his family because he is accused of burning down a barn. Sarty is called to testify during the hearing against his father for witnessing his actions.
On initial reading of "Doe Season" and "Barn Burning" the only similarity one would think is the fact that the stories include children. Upon deeper analysis of the stories we see that there are many more comparisons. The story of "Barn Burning" starts off describing the strong feelings of the young boy, Colonel Sartoris Snopes, as he watches a court preceding that accuses his father of burning Mr. Harris's barn. He knows his father is guilty. It is apparent, as we continue to read that he is aware of the facts.
There was a heated gun fight and three of the thieves ended up dead, but Tom got away with Mattie. He declared to the marshals from far away that if the marshals tried to rescue her he would kill her. The marshals had no choice but to withdraw. Tom took her to his hideout and was told to then stay there by his boss, Ned, while him and his thieves rode off to another hideout. He agreed and as soon as the thieves left Mattie attacked Tom and tried to run but Tom caught her.
Kimberly Adams Essay #2 Barn Burning “Barn Burning” takes place in the post-Civil War where a man’s place in society is decided by his actions during the war. Ab Snopse, a man who served both the North and the South, is plagued with his non-allegiance ways to benefit himself and failure to accept authority. When Ab comes into conflict with his employer, he finds himself taking control from the authority figure, and reverting back to his mercenary ways. Having no allegiance, Ab makes the move from helping hand to the enemy by burning down barns. Being charged for burning the barn, he deserves leniency.
Sarty is the only member of the family to truly act on his own conscience, and ultimately this separates him from the rest of the family. Sarty was prepared, if necessary, to testify against his father in the incident of the burning of the Harris barn; he, alone, tries to save DeSpain's barn by warning the Major of what is about to happen. When Sarty follows DeSpain's horse up to the burning barn, he hears gunshots in the confusion. His father was not a man of such weapons: Abner's tool and weapon was fire. Sarty trips and falls, then, seeing what he has tripped over on the ground, he runs away from the conflagration.
Comparison and Contrast: Barn Burning Sartoris Snopes is a young boy with a major conflict in his life; “be true to his blood”? or tell the truth. His father, a shady character with very cruel intentions has had to relocate his family because he is a “barn burner”. After one of Sarty’s fathers pigs gets loose for the second time, one of his neighbors tells him he can have it back for a dollar fee which angers the father so much that he burns down the neighbors’ barn. So Sarty’s father is asked to appear before the Justice of the Peace to settle the matter.
Hence, Faulkner’s quote is brilliantly satisfied with this example. Faulkner’s words could be additionally satisfied by “The Barn Burning”. This story, displaying young Sartorius Snopes as a protagonist, shows him at a Judicial Court with his father, Abner, on trial for the burning of his master’s barn. At this point of time in the story, Sarty is taught to be loyal to his family. However, he struggles within himself since he knows that his father is wrong.
These feeling are expressed in the story about Rat Kiley's letter, with which the chapter is started - with his feelings of grief about loss and final «cooze», because he was not written back and he could not cope with his loss. His pain is shown in the shoking story of shooting baby buffalo. However, all these stories might have never happened, the soldiers were fighting the war and facing blood, troops and losses, struggling because of their youth and immaturity, fear that cannot be ignored about war. This terrible experience of war is the only truth that author wants to make the readers understand in his
He talks of how heartbreaking it is to see families torn apart. He writes, "But it was of no avail; the man could not afford it. The bargain was agreed upon, and Randall must go alone. Then Eliza ran to him; embraced him passionately; kissed him again and again; told him to remember her - all the while her tears falling in the boy's face like rain" (Northup 81-82). It is hard to read about these
ASSIGNMENT 1. “The short story and the novel share the same medium but not the same artistic methods.” Discuss this statement with reference to any story from “Summer Lightning and other stories” and any novels you have read. First off, what is a novel and what is a short story? Well, a novel may be defined as the longest of the prose narratives as it is extensive in word length. According to Edgar Poem, “a novel is revisited many times before the reading is fully completed”.