Sarty Essay

someone’s barn, Sarty begins to reflect on his father’s behavior before the fire ever happened. His father in a wave of anger had hit Sarty “...divulging nothing to him save the terrible handicap of being young, the light weight of his few years, just heavy enough to prevent his soaring free of the world as it seemed to be ordered but not heavy enough to keep him footed solid in it, to resist it and try to change the course of its events.” (Faulkner, 9) This quotes is suggesting that Sarty feels he is

In “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner, the unique style of narration adds depth to Sarty. Throughout Sarty’s journey, the narrator paints scenes with detailed descriptions of Sarty’s thoughts and emotions in both the present and future. One major example occurs as Sarty prepares to testify against his father and feels “as if he had swung outward at the end of a grape vine, over a ravine, and . . . had been caught in a prolonged instant of mesmerized gravity.” Here, the detailed narration examines

Barn Burning (1939) is a short story written by the southern modernist William Faulkner which captures the Southern states’ racial, social and economic struggles after the Civil War. The story is written from the perspective of Sarty, a 10-year-old boy who confronts strong conflicts about justice, family and morality. He is involved in a constant battle against his father’s actions. Both characters are essential during the narrative due to Sarty’s stream of consciousness and Abner’s actions. Therefore

Sartoris (Sarty) Snopes is a young boy in William Faulkner’s story Barn Burning whose inner conflict causes him to make a choice between his family and his conscience. He seems to have unspoken intelligence that allows him to think independently of his controlling father. Sarty chooses to obey his own moral code rather than to remain loyal to his family because of how Sarty views his father’s actions throughout the story. Its clear from the beginning of Barn Burning that Sarty’s moral integrity is

consequences that could potentially change everything. Sarty wasn’t sure if he made the right decision, and in the end had to deal with the consequences that came with the choice he made. In William Faulkner’s short story “Barn burning”, Sarty had to make the decision to turn in his father, Abner, for his crimes of burning barns. Sarty is faced with the decision when he is speaking to the Justice. They question him about a barn burning which Sarty knows all too well about. He couldn't decide whether

Sarty and Emily have similar childhoods that made them the way they are now. They were raised by fathers that had a major impact on their lives. Fathers are supposed to be supportive, guide you in the right way, protect you, and also let you make your own decisions, so that you can learn right from wrong. In this instance, Sarty and Emily fathers made a bad impact on how they were brought up. Sarty's and his father, Abner, are from a poor background. His father is not the average role model for

and feelings. It seems that Sarty is of good nature: he has a strong sense of morality, loyalty and humility. Throughout the story, Sarty tries to imagine that Abner might change his behavior. “Maybe he [Abner] will feel it too,” thought Sarty as him and his father walked up to Major de Spain's grand farmhouse, feeling safe and confident, “[m]aybe it will even change him now from what maybe he couldn't help but be” (pg 518). But, yet again, his father disappoints Sarty by smearing horse droppings

“The smell and sense just a little of fear because mostly of despair and grief, the old fierce pull of blood,” (1) Sarty thinks. Sarty is conflicted at the beginning of the story. He wants to be loyal to his father, but sometimes it goes against what he believes in. In “Barn Burning,” by William Faulkner, Sarty struggles to overcome challenges early in his life. Sarty gets the sense that he is compelled to help his father even though he does not agree with it. His father’s enemy boldly sits in front

Even though young Sarty despises his father’s (Abner) crimes, why does he keep these crimes to himself and not expose his father? Throughout the text of “Barn Burning”, Sarty seems to have repetitive feelings of grief and despair, yet he hesitates to out his father for his crimes. Sarty is hesitant to out his father for his crimes because he hopes his father will change, he fears his father will harm him physically or emotionally, and he places a priority on his family’s wellbeing before his own

that Sarty is somewhat a prisoner to his father, Abner's, abusive and sadistic behavior. No matter how hard Sarty tried, nothing he did ever seemed to make his father proud. For instance, in the opening scene – after Abner's hearing – a teenage boy shouted, “[b]arn burner!”, as Abner and Sarty were leaving the makeshift courtroom/convenient store. Sarty, in response, sprung at the boy to defend his father's honor; however, Abner is quite ungrateful for his son's reaction, for he pulled Sarty back