Thursday, April 15, 2010
Barn Burning
I found this story quite interesting. The fact that Abner doesn't seem to change or falter for anyone is inspiring. Int he context of the story, he is not an inspiring character but the fact that he is not easily moved says a lot about who he is. Abner isn't a good role model in this story for obvious reasons. Not very many people want to be an arson, if there are people who do, you people have problems. As I stated in my presentation earlier this semester, Abner's name literally means "son of fire." I've done my PowerPoint and my research paper on this story and the allusions to 1 and 2 Samuel are abundant. I find it very interesting to see the allusions work in the story. William Faulkner makes Abner out to be this crazy man who sets stuff on fire for fun. Abner may just be that guy, but I feel like he is misunderstood sometimes. He just really cares about himself. Abner is not for having people cross him and get away with it without consequences. Yes, his consequences are extreme, but they get the message across.
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Mr.Vick has an interesting view on the character of Abner and I agree with it. He put his own family at risk everytime that he would act like that, but it did not seem to bother him at all. His personality was very dull and nonemotional. It was as if he had to get revenge for every single thing that someone did to him and then he would take it way out of proportion. He was very rude like when he refused to take his shoes off to come in the house. There was no reason for him to act like that because they were not disrespectful to him. He set an awful example for his sons. It shows his son's character when he chose to stand up against his dad for what is right.
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