William Faulkners `Barn Burning`

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Conflicting Principles of Life in William Faulkner 's Barn Burning

William Faulkner 's Barn Burning ' presents the conflict between two forms of justice (1 ) justice based on kinship and (2 ) justice based on human dignity . The conflict between these two forms of justice was presented within the text through Sarty 's perspective of Ab 's actions who sought to achieve `freedom ' from his previous

agreements by defiling the rights of other individuals . Set after the period of the Civil War the text presents Sarty 's conflicts as he tried to understand his father 's motivations for the actions that have led his family to further hardships in life . It is important to note that Ab , Sarty 's father , has a led a life geared towards self-fulfillment as his actions throughout his life have been motivated by his desire to attain material wealth Note for example that even if Ab was considered as a `soldier ' in the `fine , old , European sense ' of the term , his motivations for choosing to join in the battle was neither to save the South from the Northern invasion nor to protect his region 's views regarding slavery (Faulkner 1743 . This is apparent if one considers that as Ab and Sarty reached the De Spain mansion , Ab ironically tells his son , Pretty and white ain 't it .That 's Nigger...