Sarty Essay

rather than a building. In “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner, Sarty changes from a foolish boy who followed his ferocious father to a young man who matures enough to realize his real enemy was his father. Sarty lives in fear of his father, so this makes him feel he must be obedient and do as he says. Faulkner shows Sarty’s feelings on helping his dad: “old fierce pool of blood” (162). Sarty is saying he feels he must defend his

unnecessarily shallow, unloyal, and lacks tenderness. “Barn Burning” begins in the courtroom when Sarty is being questioned by the court about the burning of a farmer’s barn. It is believed that Abner, Sarty’s father, is the perpetrator of this crime. The boy is torn between making the right choice by telling the truth, or by trying to protect his father by lying to the court. The court realizes the position that Sarty has been placed in and allows him to remain silent. Abner is found innocent by the jury

tale of a young man by the name of Colonel “Sarty” Sartoris Snopes, his father, Abner “Ab” Snopes, and the difference between right and wrong. The story commences in a courtroom, where Ab is on trial for burning a barn. Young Sarty is called to the stand to testify as to what took place, until the plaintiff told the judge he did not want him to question the young child. However, Sarty was unsure of the decision he would make if he was questioned. Sarty was unsure if he would choose his loyalty to

is about the main character Sarty Snopes struggling between what is right and what is wrong. In the beginning, Sarty is faced with a decision of whether to tell the truth or a lie about whether his father burned down a barn or not. Throughout the story, Sarty wants his father to stop being who he is and to just live a normal life as a sharecropper. He thinks, until the very end, that his father will stop burning barns down because he is mad at someone. At the end, Sarty figures out that his father

Abner knows his ways are wrong. Abner thinks that his son Sarty should remain loyal to him even though he did burn Mr. Harris barn down. Abner slapped Sarty and said," you're 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 to stick to you."(Faulkner)Sarty knows not to stand up to his father because he was an abusive man. It was as though Abner was trying to convince Sarty that the people of the Justice and the people of the courts

at the new farm, Sarty witnesses his father’s purposeful destruction of the Mr. de Spain’s, the landowner, French rug. The landowner demands twenty bushels to repair the damage, and Sarty is determined to make sure Mr. de Spain sees none of it. “He won’t git no twenty bushels! He won’t git none! We’ll gether hit and hide hit! I kin watch…,” Sarty says to his father (204). Mr. de Spain brings the charges to Court; the familiarity of the situation results in an outburst from Sarty, “He ain’t done it

Abner and Sarty. By providing details about the attitude and beliefs of Mr. Snopes, the author makes it clear to see why Sarty and Abner would not get along very well. This article is helpful in preparing for this research project by presenting the differences between Abner and Sarty. “Sarty's Betrayal.” Faulkner's "Barn Burning", 12 Nov. 2007, faculty.atu.edu/cbrucker/Engl2013/BarnBurningAE.htm. The focal point of this article is the betrayal of Abner Snopes, by his own son, Sarty. This whole

can affect decisions. In Faulkner's story, the main character, Sarty, faces such a dilemma. On one hand, Sarty has the morals that society has instilled in him in spite of his father. One the other hand, Sarty has the loyalty to his father because of the blood ties shared between them and the fact that his father raised and provided for him. Ultimately, it is these conflicting ideas that will lead to Sarty's final decision. Sarty definitely feels a large obligation to be loyal to his father

landlord, Major de Spain. Caught between this conflict is Sarty, Colonel Sartoris Snopes, the youngest member of the Snopes family. “Barn Burning” serves to be a coming of age

provider, father, and leader, being in that position have responsibilities to set an example to influence people that they look up to. The book "Barn Burning", by William Faulkner, the character Abner is in a position to carry out those responsibilities. Sarty, his son looks up to Abner as a father, provider, and leader, but faces an internal conflict in regards to his father 's actions. Faulkner portrays Abner, as a person that doesn 't get along very well with other people, other than his bloodline. On