1、Barn Burning, and he sat now, his back toward what he had called home for four days now . - William Faulkner,Setting,After the American Civil War; Southern America ;,Character,Sarty the protagonist; A naive and just boy; Too young to understand his fathers subversive act;,Character,Abner Sartys fath

2、er ; violentandarrogant; Stiff in his family,withoutdepth,emotion, orcomplexity;,Plot,Exposition Abner is accused of having burnt the barn and he forces his son Sarty to lie. Then the Snopes family is ordered to leave the town . They move to a new.,Rising action,Abner takes Sarty to visit Major de S

3、pains house and tracks horse dropping on the rug. Major asked for compensation but Abner tried to reject.,climax,He prepares oil to burn down the Major de Spains barn, but Sarty tries to stop him.,Ending,Sarty sits on a hill crest and recalls that his father “was brave” in the war, ignorant of his f

4、athers cowardice. Then he goes on down the hill, towards the dark woods, for a uncertain but maybe more bright future.,Theme 1: Loyalty or Responsibility,At the beginning of the story, Sarty wants to grab every opportunity to defend his father. Though his father kicks him and shows no affection to h

5、im, he doesnt change his loyalty to his father at all. Nevertheless, after witnessing all the destructive things his father has done, he seems to grow into an mature and assume his due responsibility as a grown adult.,Theme 2: Classes and Races,The difference between the innocence of Sarty and the revenge of his father is that Sarty is unaware of the difference of social classes. The great mansion in his fathers eyes is a bloody evidence of the inequality and unfairness. On the contrary, to Sarty it is a symbol of beauty and grace. The attitude of the black servant is ou