Essays 1 - 30
limited means to make a living. The fires he sets may be construed as the rage that burns inside of him. This arsonist is continua...
all together. The characters are not three-dimensional in that they are more caricatures of types of people. Whereas Faulkner give...
testify, to lie for his father he can "smell and sense just a little of fear because mostly of despair and grief, the old fierce p...
judge asks if he can produce the black man, Harris said no, he was a stranger; then he says "Get that boy up here. He knows" (Faul...
child, which is further emphasized by his stiff nature. All of these symbolic descriptions lay the foundation for understanding th...
social factor to which he is excluded, Abners anger is compounded by the fact that the Negro servant does not acknowledge his whit...
coming of age and seeking an enlightened path, in the Freudian lens the boy is clearly trying to somehow come to terms with himsel...
had been older, he would have wondered why his father, would have witnessed the "waste and extravagance of war" and who "burned ev...
about the less-than-illustrious Snopes clan of Yoknapatawpha County, a family that appears in most of Faulkners works. In both sto...
This essay pertains to Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning" and focuses on the character of Abner Snopes. The writer argues that ...
This essay pertains to William Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning," and the changing attitudes of its 10-year-old protagonist Sa...
lends variety to a work that otherwise might become monotonous. But in short stories, only one point of view is generally used, a...
This paper examines how symbolism enhances Abner Snopes' characterization in William Faulkner's short story 'Barn Burning' in five...
In five pages this paper discusses the repetitive themes in this trio of short stories by William Faulkner. Seven sources are cit...
The way in which protagonists in these respective short stories discover they are different than what their parents want them to b...
In 5 pages this paper compares these stories in terms of the internal struggles of each protagonist. There are no other sources l...
there is an appearance of such. While Lomans life is all about lies and innuendo, Snopess emotions are simply lacking. He is just ...
This story by William Faulkner is examined in 5 pages in which characterizations and settings are analyzed. There are 5 sources c...
In five pages these two stories are compared in terms of their presentations of class consciousness where distinctions are clearly...
This paper addresses Faulkner's various literary techniques, such as setting, theme, and characterization, in his short story, Bar...
This paper offers an explication of the story in three pages and includes setting, tone, style, characters, summary, narrator, the...
or not he should warn the de Spains illustrate the strength of family loyalty or as Faulkner calls it "the old fierce pull of bloo...
The ways in which Faulkner portrays the themes of death and love in these two short stories are considered in five pages. There a...
and simplistic style she employs. "The lottery was conducted--as were the square dances, the teen club, the Halloween program--by...
were forced to relocate whenever the pyromaniac patriarch, Abner Snopes, would become angry and set fire to his employers barn. T...
a feeling that his ferocious conviction in the rightness of his own actions would be of advantage to all whose interest lies with ...
few of the many theories will be discussed here. The theories describe how an individual can use the inherent strategies to become...
times (Faulkner). Fed up with Snopess carelessness and laziness-Harris provides wire for Snopes to repair his hog pen, but the man...
In all honesty it is not really a poem about abuse but a poem about life and the love that exists between the narrator and the fat...
In five pages this essay examines Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' and 'A Rose for Emily' as they represent the themes of death and love....