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“Barn Burning” The opening paragraph of Faulkner’s “Barn Burning” takes place in a courtroom where Abner Snopes is on trial for burning down the barn of his landlord. He is silent as he is being accused in the courtroom. To try and find out the truth, Abner’s son, Sarty, is called to the stand. In his mind he knows he must lie for his father, but wants to tell the truth. His lying indicates Abner’s guilt. With no evidence the case is dismissed and the Snopes family is told to leave town and never come back. While exiting the courtroom the words barnburner are uttered and Sarty feels “the old fierce pull of blood” and gets into a fight, his father pulls him away and orders him in the wagon. While they are traveling to the next town they stop to set up camp. That night Abner confronts Sarty saying that he knew he was going to betray him. He hits Sarty and tells him, “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 3) Because of his fear of his father his replay is yes, but in his mind he says, “If I had said they wanted only the truth, justice, he would have hit me again.” (Faulkner 4) They arrive the next day at heir new farm to live on. Sarty makes a comment to himself how this was the twelfth farm they’ve lived at in just a few years. This comment hints that Abner possibly had burned barns before and has been forced out of those towns also.
Approximate Word count = 1071
Approximate Pages = 4.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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