After being hit by his own father, Sarty thinks to him self: “If I had said they wanted only the truth, justice, he would have hit me again.” (189). It is obvious that Sarty is afraid and aware the consequences if he acts out against his family. Throughout the story Abner displays an abusive, heartless character that is loyal only to him and struggles with class warfare and pyromania. After being sentenced to leave the country the family arrives at their next house, He never shows any emotion to his family, never once an apology for putting them through so much for his actions. He demands his two daughters to “get out of them chairs and help your Ma unload” (189).
At dinner, Harrison tells Clancy that "he has no brother" when referring to Spur. Harrison organises a round-up of his cattle, but Jim is not allowed to go. While the others are gone, Harrison’s daughter Jessica asks Jim to help her break in a prize colt. The mob appears again, and Jim unsuccessfully gives chase on the valuable horse. When Harrison returns, he sends Jim to bring back 20 strays.
He goes to see his Father’s old boss and best friend Mr. Sorenson to see if he could help Tanner found out if his mother and stepfather murdered his father. Tanner’s mother warns him to let sleeping dogs lie because Tanner could get hurt. It was a long time ago, this makes Tanner upset and he moves out. Tanner’s mother is all upset about him leaving home and sent Floyd, his Step-Dad, to go talk to him. Tanner is at the Library to visit his Dad’s old boss, to talk about his Dad’s death.
Mine and hisn both! He’s my father!” After Sarty thinks this he is called to testify against his dad. However, he does not want to lie, he knows what his father did was wrong and doesn’t want him to be able to do it again. The climax of Barn Burning is the point that Sarty makes his decision to change his life. Abner is going to burn down Major DeSpain’s barn, and Sarty breaks free of his mother’s grasp and runs to
His cold-hearted actions leave him and his family no choice but to move around constantly. In the very beginning of the story, Abner burns down Mr. Harris’ barn for revenge. This occurred after Abner allowed his hog to get into Mr. Harris’ corn for the third time. Another example of his vengeful attitude occurs when Abner enters the home of Major de Spain. “He examined the house with brief deliberation.
I can’t. (Faulkner 39) The conflict climaxes when the father goes to burn the landowner’s barn and Sartoris tries to stop him by running to the landowner’s home. The family tries to stop Sartoris by holding him down until he calm’s himself. Sartoris escapes, heads to the landowners house and tells him his bran is going to be burned down. This is the first time Sartoris overcame his fears and the so called “blood loyalty” of his father.
Piggy continue to complain about the inefficient group effort in surviving. Suddenly a nearby tree catches on fire and Piggy realize that the six year old boy who talked about the “beastie” is gone. With things going bad, the remaining boys in the group pretend nothing happened. Chapter 3: Jack attempts to hunt a pig for the second time but the pig escaped.
When Sarty and his father are leaving the courtroom, a young boy accuses Sarty of being a “Barn burner” (Faulkner, 264). Sarty confronts him so the boy punches him and bloodies his face. Sarty himself describes his inner conflict as “the being pulled two ways like between two teams of horses.” (Faulkner, 271). On one side is “the old fierce of pull of blood” which states the loyalty to family. On the other are truth and justice.
In the story “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner, Sarty is at war with himself over whether or not he should turn his vengeful father in. In the beginning of the story, Sarty’s father, Abner, is on trial for burning Mr. Harris’ barn. Sarty only wants to tell the truth, but is frozen in fear. Abner is found not guilty, but he and his family are forced out of town anyway. His father’s turbulent life-style causes significant stress for Sarty, and, in the end, he makes the painful decision to give his father up and run away.
Candy represents what happens to everyone who gets old in American society: They are let go, canned, and thrown out of their jobs were they expected to look after themselves. Candy shows this by presenting his greatest fear as that once he is no longer able to help with the cleaning he will be ‘disposed of.’ Just like his old dog, he has lived beyond his usefulness. Carson makes clear when he insists that Candy let him put the dog out of its misery. Candy’s dog serves as a harsh reminder of the fate that awaits anyone who outlives his usefulness. Though the pet was once a great sheepdog, it was put out to pasture once it stopped being productive.