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“Barn Burning” by William Faulkner and “A&P” by John Updike are both drastically different stories, but the main character of each stories have some similarities and differences. In A&P Sammy changes from an immature teenage boy to a person who takes a stand what is wrong and changes his actions. In “Barn Burning” Sarty a ten year old boy who struggles to figure out what is right and what is wrong when his father is on trial for burning barns. Sammy and Sarty are extremely different characters, but both are two young boys who raising their standards doing what they believe is right and what they believe is wrong. Sarty and Sammy are both young man who has a tough decision to make, but Sarty has a decision to go back to his family or just …show more content…
walk away. Sammy has a decision of quitting his job or not standing up for what is right. According to the story “A&P” Sammy stands at his cash register on a summer afternoon watching three girls from coming from the beach and they are dressed in nothing but bathing suits. By the time the three girl came his checkout stand, Sammy is halfway in love with one of the girls and her name was “Queenie,” who was almost naked. Sammy’s manager decided to embarrassed the girls for what they wore and Sammy took a stand for the girl and quit his job to show that Although Sarty and Sammy are both teenage boys, but Sarty is ten years old and on the other hand Sammy is a bit older.
Sarty got his innocence and morality from his mother, but his father’s influence has made Sarty old beyond his years. Sammy is a nineteen-year-old boy working at a cashier at a local store, Sammy quits his job, hoping to impress the girls after what he felt was wrong and hopes that will help him in the future. For example, my brother went through the similar situation as Sammy. He used to work at a clothing store and a group of black friends came to the store. My brother’s manager told him to keep an eye on them because he assumed that they could steal something, so the manager was very rude to them and showed no respect to the group of friends and my brother told his manager that he did not need to that; just because they are doe not mean that they would steal. My brother felt very offended and quit his job because he knew standing up for the group of friends was the right thing to …show more content…
do. Although Sammy achieved his maturity in realization when he need to stand up for the unfair treatment which was given to the three girls, but Sarty achieved his maturity when he went against his father.
Sarty’s father Abner influence him to think that violence is an element of manhood. Sarty’s father is a violent man and he controls his family with physical violence. Abner burned many barns throughout his son Sarty life and as Sarty gets older he started realizing that what his father has being doing for the past years is wrong and unfair to people. Sarty’s father Abner was on trial of burning the De Spain barn. Sarty was torn between supporting his father and his wrongs or by doing the right thing by telling the judge the truth. At end Sarty did the right thing by standing up for what he believes is right and did not support his father. For example, I had similar situation like Sarty in High School, I achieve my maturity when I had to choose between skipping school with my friend or staying school for a better education. My friend used to convince me to skip school with them to have fun and later on I realized that skipping was wrong because my grades started to suffer. One day I decided not to skip anymore with them even though I knew I was going to miss the fun times we had while skipping school. My grades started to improve when I finally decided that skipping school will hurt my
grades. In conclusion, Both Sammy and Sarty had a hard decision to make, but they both took a stand for what they believe is right. Sammy and Sarty are extremely different characters, but both of the characters have achieved maturity when they have the courage to stand up for what they know is right and what they know is wrong.
The stories "Barn Burning" written by William Faulkner and "Paul's Case" written by Willa Cather both have two separate characters with very similar troubles. Each has a uniquely sad narrative. "Barn Burning" is a sad story because it not only shows the classical struggle between the underprivileged and the privileged classes, but also the struggle between a father and his son, Sarty. Together, these two boys share comparable lifestyles. Each has conflicts with his father, fantasize of a wealthier existence, and flee from the tribulations in his life.
In "A&P" Sammy changes from an immature teenager to a person who takes a stand for what he believes is wrong which is reflected in Sammy's words and actions. This paper is composed of three paragraphs. The first paragraph deals with the immature Sammy, the second concentrates on Sammy's beginning his maturing process, and the last focuses on his decision to take a stand no matter what the consequences are.
Now that Sammy has chosen to become a juvenile delinquent, he realizes "how hard the world was going to be" for him in the future. He has left a life of safety and direction for one of the complete opposite, and he must be willing to accept the responsibilities of his actions, no matter the consequences.
In the beginning of the story, Sarty originally stands by his father and backs him up when he is put under pressure or when accused of committing whatever it could be. However, throughout the novel, Sarty begins to see his father’s true colors and the horrible man he actually is. When Sarty sees De Spain’s mansion, it gives him hope that having his father work in a place that stands for “peace and dignity” would terminate his father’s bad behavior for good. However, the moment when Abner said “get out of my way (N-word)”, he knew that there was no going back to the way things used to be (pg 10 and 11). This was his realization that his father was a villain. Sarty dreamed of having the life that De Spain did. A nice house, people who worked for him, wealth, and success. Realizing that if he stayed with his nomadic family who spent their time living in a wagon and covering for their father’s actions, he would be stuck forever unsuccessful and poor. What astonishes this choice is that even at ten years of age, Sarty is mature enough to realize that his father is a bad person and that he can have a better life where he can live his life the way he wants to and make his own decisions. Maybe Sarty thought that he could have a better life, away from the negative influence that Abner displayed. When he heard the gunshots, he knew that his father was dead and it gave him a legitimate reason to leave his family and start fresh, just like Huck Finn. Sarty does not look back because maybe there’s a side of him that is embarrassed to be Abner’s son and a desire to be free from being Abner’s son, although he praises him as “brave” and a man of “Colonel Satoris’ cavalry” (pg
Sammy’s immature behavior is predominant throughout the short story in multiple occasions. He is judgmental
...p and you are not happy with where you are in life, and truly want a change. With Sammy he always wanted to quit but never had the guts to stand-up and go through with it, mostly cause he did not have that free thinking mentality like the girls. Even though when he finally did walk out of the store and the girls were not there, he had no idea what was next in life, but he did know that he was free to make his own decisions. Sammy no longer had to take Mr. Lengel’s nonsense, or stick around and watch Stocksie become manger. This was his time to stop being a push over and pave the path to his own future. His parents may have been upset, but this gave him an opportunity to stand up for his own actions and be confident in his choices he had made, regardless if they were for the right or for the wrong. Sammy was able to press forward and start a new chapter in his life.
Sheetz 1 Sarah Sheetz Ms. Rosenberger English 4 October 17, 2016 Faulkner’s Self Help Book In “Barn Burning,” Faulkner illustrates a boy’s coming to age story, including his struggle in choosing whether to stand by in the midst of his father’s destructive cycle of spiteful burning or stand up for his own belief in civic duty. While most readers do not relate to having a father that habitually burns others’ belongings in a strange power scheme, readers relate to the struggle between blood ties and their own values. Taking the theme even broader, readers relate to any struggle with making a decision. Through imagery, reoccurring motifs, and diction, Faulkner creates an intense pressure which enhances readers understanding of Sarty, his struggle,
Sarty’s family are itinerant farmers, but they move around even more often than is typical because of his father’s habit of burning something down every time he gets angry. Sarty realizes that there is something deeply psychologically wrong with his father, but he underestimates his father’s danger. When they arrive at the beautiful plantation of Major de Spain, therefore, Sarty feels the de Spains are safe: "People whose lives are a part of this peace and dignity are behind his touch, he no more to them than a buzzing wasp: capable of stinging for a little moment but that’s all; the spell of this peace and dignity rendering even the barns and stable and cribs which belong to it impervious to the puny flames he might contrive." Sarty does not know that his father can just as easily bring down a big plantation as a cow barn.
William Faulkner, recognized as one of the greatest writers of all time, once made a speech as he accepted his Nobel prize for writing in which he stated that a great piece of writing should contain the truths of the heart and the conflicts that arise over these truths. These truths were love, honor, pity, pride, compassion and sacrifice. Truly it would be hard to argue that a story without these truths would be considered even a good story let alone a great one. So the question brought forward is whether Faulkner uses his own truths of the heart to make his story "Barn Burning." Clearly the answer to this question is yes; his use of the truths of the heart are prevalent
Sarty spent his entire life hiding behind the unspoken rule that blood is thicker than water. But, in the face of having to decide whether he should continue to overlook Abner’s amoral behavior, he chooses not to. Even though he tries to understand Abner’s reasoning, in his heart he cannot condone it. In a situation where Sarty-the child would be frightened to stand up against his father, Sarty-the man is not. It is unfortunate that he had to lose a father in order to regain his sense of morality, but in light of the situation he was in, it can be agreed, that he is better off.
Updike describes this time during the “early Kennedy years” a time where it was acceptable to conform and compares Sammy’s character to celebrities such as James Dean and Elvis who were the symbols of rebellion against conformity. Sammy quitting his job was practically him saying “I’m not going to be one of you sheep” according to Updike in an interview. Sammy knows of the consequences of quitting as he calls it “the sad part of the story” (Updike 150) but he does not show any regret to his decision when he says “it’s not so sad [himself]” (Updike 150). His manager, Mr. Lengel, pursues him to rethink his decision by bringing up his parents and stating that “[he’ll] feel this for the rest of [his] life” (Updike 152) in which Sammy agrees with him in his mind. But even though Mr. Lengel is his higher authority, Sammy does not seem to respect him as of his boss. He calls Mr. Lengel “dreary” and describes him to be part of such conformity in the town since he “teaches Sunday school and the rest” (Updike 151) and seems to insult his physical appearance from years of working at the supermarket by saying he looked “old and gray” (Updike 152). Sammy thinks decisively and continues on with his decision, knowing the consequences of disappointing his parents and not knowing what will happen next. But he walks out and sees the “sheep” from the outside, realizing the decision he made and how “hard the world was going to be to [him] hereafter” (Updike
Poverty is an epidemic that is hard to cure. Very rarely will someone in poverty be able to break the cycle and escape. Accomplishing this task requires determination and courage. In Barn Burning by William Faulkner, Sartoris, the protagonist, is a rare one that breaks the cycle and is able to free himself. The passage is about a little boy who is stuck in the lower class. His abusive father is known as “white trash,” and burns the barns of upper-class citizens because he is jealous of them. Towards the end of the story, Sartoris realizes that he wants to be better than his father and decides to run away. In the last two paragraphs, Faulkner uses a vivid description of the setting, a shift in tone, and the protagonist’s actions to express the
The stories A&P and Barn Burning are differences to opposites in characters make a compare. Because both of them have a change in the lifetime of the same time about internally. However to both struggles to get transformation from Sarty and Sammy is the generation. For experience make the different character to coming of age with child become to the adult. But they are great to writing skill being known about stories make a decision.
He quits his job. Even though Lengel tries to discourage Sammy and talk him out of it by saying, “Sammy, you don’t want to do this to your mom and dad.” Because Sammy’s parents got Sammy that clerk job at the A&P, he knows it will affect his parents. Sammy is taking the first step of leaving his adolescence behind, and this always has an effect on parents. It’s hard for any parent to let their kids go and grow into men and women. Sammy views quitting his job as a major step towards becoming an adult and not conforming to his surroundings. His quitting is his escape.
William Faulkner was a Nobel Prize-winning author who was famous for writing about the American South and boldly addressing social issues that everyone else was afraid to, including slavery and Southern aristocracy. “Faulkner became known for his faithful and accurate dictation of Southern speech” (“William Cuthbert Faulkner”) and poetic style in his prose works. One of his more subtle works, “Barn Burning,” focused on loyalty. The short story “Barn Burning” demonstrates to readers how loyalty to the law must sometimes take priority over loyalty to family.