The Barn Burning was a read unlike any other I had ever read before. It seems to have taken time in a newly integrated era among blacks and whites. Neither of whom knew how to interact with one another at the time. There were passages…
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by William Faulkner
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Author
William Faulkner
Original language
English
Genre
Short story
Publication date
1939
Major Characters
Colonel Sartoris Snopes ("Sarty"), Abner Snopes, Lennie Snopes, Lizzie, Major de Spain, Mr. Harris, Colonel John Snopes,Sarty's two "bovine" sisters
Plot
Barn Burning' is a story about a boy, Sarty Snopes. His father, Abner, a poor tenant farmer gets into arguments with landowners and burns their barns.