Sartoris In Barn Burning

In the short story of “Barn burning,” that wrote by William Faulkner. In the story, a poor boy named Sartoris craves food. He’s afraid and scared that his father, Abner Snopes is in court, charged with burning down Mr. Harris’s barn. Sartoris is called up to give evidence against his own father. He is going to have to lie to the court to protect his father that he has to say that he didn’t burn the barn. The Justice and the barn owner are putting the poor and young child in a horrible position and they let him go. The judge tells the family to leave the country and never come back. Sartoris that can no longer be controlled by his father idea’s tries to prevent from him, doing further harm and leaving his family.

The father is a burner and a former thief, whose concept of independent leads him to break rules for and well being for others. For instance, in the short story, we learn that his father is a mercenary fight in the army for money not out of love for his country. He also stole a horse during …show more content…
After his family has been kicked out of town because his father burned a barn. He has steals a split rail from a fence and build a small by the roadside because his family doesn’t have functioned and they are poor to suited to the family needs on a cold day. He committed his burn crime in a serious hold on power, now he reveals how powerless he is to capably care for his family. His father has grown to committing crimes and escaping undetected, and his entire family is involved in this pattern of lying and afraid. His father turns to fire on other’s property because he is helpless. Fire is a means of protecting his revenging and honesty that make him never-end him throughout his life. He is powerless and poor; his father turns to fire to balance in his favor, even if it even it is only for a brief