Barn Burning Character Development

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I thought Barn Burning was the best read overall, character development was good for a short story It helped me think about how politics have been around for a lot longer than just the two party system we know today. Although Abner was a thief he was fighting for what he believed in and that spoke to me because he was protesting a class war and with my family barely making the cut for middle class sometimes I can relate to feeling his aggression. The story showed me that being the bad guy never will turn you into the good

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