-=900-=====3332-The Post-Civil War brought about many conflicts. Not only was there a distinct separation between the Confederates and the Union, but between social classes, race and families as well. "Barn Burning", written by William Faulkner, includes all of these conflicts and more in a story about a small family struggling through life as sharecroppers during the reconstruction of the Post-Civil War. Unfortunately, the leader of the Snopes family, Abner, is an enraged father who burns barns to let out his aggression. His youngest son, Sarty, blindly sees him as a trustworthy and loving person, but slowly Sarty's inner thoughts begin to speak louder each time his father does something immoral. Eventually, when a forever life-altering situation arises, Sarty must choose between his dishonest family and a life of altruism. In "Barn Burning" William Faulkner reveals that one must choose the moral and righteous path to live a happy healthy life, even if it means sacrificing the opinion of one's family.
             Adolescence is a confusing time in life when choosing a role model is difficult and critical to one's future. At the onset of the story, Sarty is exposed to the reader as a boy who does anything and everything for his father. "He aims for me to lie, he thought, again with that frantic grief and despair. And I will have to do hit" [SIC] (Faulkner 227). These are the thoughts Sarty has when his father is in court for burning down a farmer's barn. This quote is very crucial to the entrance of the story. It shows that Sarty has been pressured in the past to do something against his beliefs, similar to what he is forced to do now. He feels "grief and despair", two horrible things that a child his age should never have to face, especially for the wrongs of his own father. Party loves his father so much that he is willing to take verbal and physical abuse from other children and adults. "...Feeling no blow, feeling no shock when his [Sarty]...