Barn-Burning

BarnBurningByWilliamFaulknerContentsSetting1Characers2Plot3Theme4Setting●ThefirstpartofBarnBurningtakesplacein1895inanunknowncountysomewhereinthesouthernUnitedStates.●ThesecondpartofthestoryissetinruralYoknapatawphaCountyinthestateofMississippi.ChatacterAbnerSnopes--antagonistpatriarchoftheSnopesfamily,personalhobbyofburningbarnsAbneriswhollyunabletoexpresshimselfarticulatelyorintelligently,hissolerecoursesforself-expressionareviolenceandcruelty.SartorisSnopes(Sarty)--protagonistSartorisisimpressionable,inarticulate,andsubjecttohisfather’spotentiallycorruptinginfluence,butheisalsoinfusedwithasenseofjustice.ChatacterLennieSnopes–wifeofAbnerandmomofSartyLizzie–unmarriedsisterofLennieSnopesMajordeSpain–Snopes'semployerwhoSartywarnsaboutthebarnburningMr.Harris–Abner'sfirstmentionedlandownerPlot•Beginning:Sarty'sfatherburnsthebarnandSartyisaskedtotestifyagainsthisfather,butSarty'sfatherhitshimandtellshimto“sticktoyourownblood.”•Development:TheruginthedeSpainmansion.•Climax:ThesecondBarnBurning!Butforthistime,Sartyagainsthisfather.•Ending:SartyrunsandHedidnotlookback.Theme●classconflict：richandpoorfamily●racialconflict：whiteandblackpeople●moralconflict：SartyandAbnerThankYou!