A Critical Approach To "Barn Burning" (by William Faulkner)

Part I of Essay
A Critical Approach To "Barn Burning" (by William Faulkner) "Barn Burning" is a sad story because it very clearly shows the classical struggle between the “privileged” and the “underprivileged” classes. Time after time emotions of despair surface from both the protagonist ....

Part II of Essay
.... the start what the future will hold -- hard work for their landlord and mere survival for them. No hope for advancement prevails throughout the story. Sarty, his brother and the twin sisters have no access to education, as they must spend their time working in the fields or at home performing familial duties. Nutrition is lacking “He could smell the coffee from the room where they would presently eat the cold food remaining from the mid- afternoon meal” (PARA. 55). As a consequence, poor health combined with inadequate opportunity resul ....