I. The setting in the beginning of the story is in a court room in the Deep South where sarty's father was on trial for barn burning. They were suggested to leave the country and later worked sharecropping on other farms.
             II. The narrator in "Barn Burning" is non participating with a perspective in the third person seeing in one main character, Colonel Sartoris Snopes.
             III. The main character is Abner Snopes which is poor white man who is a share cropper. He finds himself equal to blacks, having to do the same type of lower work which he seemingly resents. Abner was an ex-Confederate solider from the Civil War era. His character throughout the story is unchanging, showing no emotions to his family. He is cold hearted, lawless and violent. Abner has a son whose a southern 10yr old boy named Colonel Sartoris Snopes, nicknamed Sarty. He is a young boy who must face his father and face the reality of a harsh world. His character changes from childhood to manhood; first being true to his father because of blood loyalty then becoming his own person with a developed mind and will of his own.
             IV. The actions of Mr. Abner Snopes are what cause the internal struggle for Sarty. He feels he should be loyal to his family but, at the same time he does not agree with his father's actions, continuously wishing throughout the story for his father to change. Although, Abner takes Sarty everywhere as though trying to bond with the boy and possibly trying to encourage loyalty to one's blood. His mother, Lennie and Aunt seem too broken down by fear, abuse, and despair to really pose as any voices of reason towards the father's lawless behavior. In the end Sarty realizes that truth and justice should be the way of life and that he can no longer live with his family if he wants to uphold those values. So Sarty walks opposite his home into the woods, not knowing how he will make
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