How Does Faulkner Present Sartoris In Barn Burning

In a cycle of subduing, a person may have to do something astonishing. A challenging act may be needed in order to gain hope into someone's life. In “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner, the main character, Sartoris, is a young boy who lives in a poverty-stricken family with a father that is leading him towards a dim future. Sartoris has his father as a source of knowing what misery and hopelessness comes from their family. Sartoris is determined to have a brighter future than the one in which he feels his dad is going to provide him. He goes about this by going against what his entire family has told him. Throughout the last two paragraphs, William Faulkner used a hopeful tone to emphasize that Sartoris escaped misery once he decided to go against his family’s dynamic.
Sartoris hopes to gain a brighter future than what Abner Snopes, who is Sartoris’ father, portrays. Abner shows no emotion towards his family. Instead, he only shows emotions towards society and basically everything, except his family. After being deported from their country, the family sits around a campfire built by Abner. Abner had to deal with
Breathing helps cure the wounds of past experiences, while walking helps Sartoris cope with his new life. After Sartoris woke up from his first night of sleep without his family, he claims to be “a little stiff, but walking would cure… the cold” (169). By stating that it was “cold”, he knew that being on his own in his new life would be tough, but walking would help consume the fear. Literally, he is walking away from his life that was full of pain and facing his new life head on. Each step of the journey, Sartoris gains hope and confidence about battling his fears. Sartoris’ hopefulness is shown when the narrator says that Sartoris “did not look back” (169). The placement of this sentence is to show that Sartoris has shed past his old life and has moved