The theme of the story “barn burning” is loyalty and societal perception. In the story, the
narrator (the author) shares Sarty’s (the main character) experiences and his thoughts.
The story is about loyalty because Sarty betrayed his father. It's also about societal perception because
the townsfolk think of sarty’s family as ‘niggers’. They had a low reputation. Sarty always dreamed to
become a firefighter. He didn't want people to think of him as Abner's son or as ignorant as his father.
In the beginning of the story, it starts off with Sarty and his father on trial. Abner burned down
Harris´ bam. Harris wanted him in jail but the Justice said he didn't have any proof. The Justice told
them to get out of town to make things fair for Harris. Abner walked out limbing. His wound was a …show more content…
He was a mercenary. During that time, he would steal horses
and sell them to wealthy people. One of the Southern army police spotted him on the hill and shot him
on the leg. Him and his family camps out into the woods.
In the middle of the story, Abner and Sarty visits De Spain´s mansion. Sarty thought of it as a
courthouse with ¨peace and dignity¨. He thought his dad would like De Spain because of his mansion.
Abner received a rug from De Spain. He cleans it and returned it the next day. De Spain
complains about how his rug had poop on it. He said Abner should pay extra for ruining the
hundred dollar rug. But Sarty disagrees. I´ve chose this
theme as having loyalty because Sarty was loyal at the beginning no matter how wrong his dad was. But
at the end of the story, he betrayed his father for a good cause.
At the ending of the story, Abner´s plan was to get revenge on De Spain. He decided to burn
his barn. But, Sarty disagreed with his plan. So he told De Spain. He betrayed his father to save someone else´s barn. He probably saved another victim´s barn from getting burned. De Spain and
narrator (the author) shares Sarty’s (the main character) experiences and his thoughts.
The story is about loyalty because Sarty betrayed his father. It's also about societal perception because
the townsfolk think of sarty’s family as ‘niggers’. They had a low reputation. Sarty always dreamed to
become a firefighter. He didn't want people to think of him as Abner's son or as ignorant as his father.
In the beginning of the story, it starts off with Sarty and his father on trial. Abner burned down
Harris´ bam. Harris wanted him in jail but the Justice said he didn't have any proof. The Justice told
them to get out of town to make things fair for Harris. Abner walked out limbing. His wound was a …show more content…
He was a mercenary. During that time, he would steal horses
and sell them to wealthy people. One of the Southern army police spotted him on the hill and shot him
on the leg. Him and his family camps out into the woods.
In the middle of the story, Abner and Sarty visits De Spain´s mansion. Sarty thought of it as a
courthouse with ¨peace and dignity¨. He thought his dad would like De Spain because of his mansion.
Abner received a rug from De Spain. He cleans it and returned it the next day. De Spain
complains about how his rug had poop on it. He said Abner should pay extra for ruining the
hundred dollar rug. But Sarty disagrees. I´ve chose this
theme as having loyalty because Sarty was loyal at the beginning no matter how wrong his dad was. But
at the end of the story, he betrayed his father for a good cause.
At the ending of the story, Abner´s plan was to get revenge on De Spain. He decided to burn
his barn. But, Sarty disagreed with his plan. So he told De Spain. He betrayed his father to save someone else´s barn. He probably saved another victim´s barn from getting burned. De Spain and