Sarty In Ernest Hemingway's 'Barn Burning'

Barn Burning Question
1. Sarty is the protagonist.
2. The basis of his predicament is that Snopes is being tried in an alleged barn burning. But his son lies and says that his father didn’t burn the barn.
3. The most important conflicts in this story is the violence towards his son, and his various bosses that he has. This is important because there can be escalation of this violence and we see this when Snopes decides to burn the barn of his current employer, but doesn’t get the change, because he is killed.
4. The campfire scene on the way to the new tenants is very important because foreshadows that there is more violence to follow. The father accuses his son of going to tell the judge the truth, but the father won’t allow it.
5. The father’s admonition to his son is a very important factor, because when he is confronting, warning his son, you can see that there is an escalation of violence and anger, and when these two mix, nothing good, will ever come of it.
Sarty refers to the house as being opulent, but his father just states that it was built by slave labor.
7. The significant of the father marring the rug, is that it was the first time that Snopes had intruded into and violated a home, and wiped at the financial security that the de Spain’s had and that the Snopes lacked.
8. It’s important that the rug is clean because it represents the comforts, opportunity and privilege that the de Spain’s have and is important to have, to show off their wealth to other who come to visit.
9. Sarty hopes that Snopes will turn once and for all from his destructive