WEEK 2 DISCUSSION #1: FAULKNER’S “Barn Burning”

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Humanities

Faulkner was interested in the clash created by the new “industrialism” in the South. While Abner sees himself as fighting against modernization, his son Sarty sees things differently. Are they representatives of the Old South and the New South, or are things not quite so “black and white”?

Choose one of the topics below and explain your response in detail. If there are topics below which have not been selected by the time you begin to write, please choose from among them.

    1. What are the complex factors surrounding the following decisions made by Snopes? Choose one from the list below and go into detail
        • His burning of Harris’ barn
        • His “cleaning” the rug the way he does
        • His suing de Spain
        • His burning of de Spain’s barn