T. S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is an ironic depiction of both man’s dilemma and neglection of his view of the modern society that lacks any true meaningful relationships between other people. The poem deals with the idea of modernism, a desire to break from traditional way of understanding the world by rejecting the artistic and literature styles of the past. This idea of modernism appears in William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning.” “Barn Burning” shows the son’s dilemma of trying to break from his father’s value. Even though these texts all seem to exhibit the idea of modernism, Prufrock has a passive attitude while the Sarty shows an active attitude comparatively. Sarty from “Barn Burning” evolve to take definite actions. Moreover,
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Throughout the story, we can see and hear Sarty’s actions and thoughts as he struggles between the “blood” and the right thing to do. The main reason why Sarty suffers internal dilemma is due to “the old fierce pull of blood” (Faulkner 1004). During the era in the South, the family bonding was so severe that it pulled the boy in the direction to the family at all times. The reason why Sarty suffers from agony is because his father, Abner Snopes, is actually a criminal who burns the barns. The opening of the short story starts with Abner in a court case charged for burning Mr. Harry. Therefore, Sarty is faced with lying for his father or choosing the right thing to do for the justice of the society. His father, Abner Snopes, is an owner of traditional views towards the society and the family, and he “aim[ed] for [Sarty] to lie” (Faulkner 1004). Moreover, when Sarty neglected to lie at the trial, his father scolds Sarty by saying “[He’ll be] getting to be a man. You got to learn. You got to learn to stick to your own blood or you ain’t going to have any blood stick to you” (Faulkner 1007). This is almost as if Abner is threatening Sarty that he will be in trouble if Sarty does not stick with the family. He is also implying that blood are the ones who can side with you in all times. At one …show more content…
Two hours later they arrived at the house, servants dropped off a rolled rug so that Snopes can clean it. The next morning, de Spain riding on the mare told the Snopes that they have ruined the rug and will have to pay for it. He insists that they have to pay him “twenty bushels of corn against [their] crop” (Faulkner 1011). When, Abner and Sarty headed to the court regarding the damaged rugs, Sarty erroneously declares that to the Justice that “‘He ain’t don’t it! He ain’t burnt…’” (Faulkner 1012). This scene seems to show that Sarty fails and makes the situation worse when he tries to go against the justice and stand for the family as the society and his father desires. Even though the society and his father wants Sarty to stand for the blood like the tradition ways, Sarty seem to break away from the traditional ways and act towards what is just. That night, Abner dresses “for some shabby and ceremonial violence” and prepares kerosene (Faulkner 1013). When Abner dictates to bring the oil to Sarty, we see for the first time Sarty’s thought on whether he should run away from his father or not. As Abner carried the oil to burn the barn, Sarty ran away from his mother to report to de Spain about the incident that is to happen. This running away signifies
Throughout the story, we can see and hear Sarty’s actions and thoughts as he struggles between the “blood” and the right thing to do. The main reason why Sarty suffers internal dilemma is due to “the old fierce pull of blood” (Faulkner 1004). During the era in the South, the family bonding was so severe that it pulled the boy in the direction to the family at all times. The reason why Sarty suffers from agony is because his father, Abner Snopes, is actually a criminal who burns the barns. The opening of the short story starts with Abner in a court case charged for burning Mr. Harry. Therefore, Sarty is faced with lying for his father or choosing the right thing to do for the justice of the society. His father, Abner Snopes, is an owner of traditional views towards the society and the family, and he “aim[ed] for [Sarty] to lie” (Faulkner 1004). Moreover, when Sarty neglected to lie at the trial, his father scolds Sarty by saying “[He’ll be] getting to be a man. You got to learn. You got to learn to stick to your own blood or you ain’t going to have any blood stick to you” (Faulkner 1007). This is almost as if Abner is threatening Sarty that he will be in trouble if Sarty does not stick with the family. He is also implying that blood are the ones who can side with you in all times. At one …show more content…
Two hours later they arrived at the house, servants dropped off a rolled rug so that Snopes can clean it. The next morning, de Spain riding on the mare told the Snopes that they have ruined the rug and will have to pay for it. He insists that they have to pay him “twenty bushels of corn against [their] crop” (Faulkner 1011). When, Abner and Sarty headed to the court regarding the damaged rugs, Sarty erroneously declares that to the Justice that “‘He ain’t don’t it! He ain’t burnt…’” (Faulkner 1012). This scene seems to show that Sarty fails and makes the situation worse when he tries to go against the justice and stand for the family as the society and his father desires. Even though the society and his father wants Sarty to stand for the blood like the tradition ways, Sarty seem to break away from the traditional ways and act towards what is just. That night, Abner dresses “for some shabby and ceremonial violence” and prepares kerosene (Faulkner 1013). When Abner dictates to bring the oil to Sarty, we see for the first time Sarty’s thought on whether he should run away from his father or not. As Abner carried the oil to burn the barn, Sarty ran away from his mother to report to de Spain about the incident that is to happen. This running away signifies