Early on in the story, Sarty finds himself sitting in the presence of the Justice wanting to defend his father even though he knew his father had burned their landlord’s barn out of rebellion for the pig incident. The question is: Why would Sarty defend his father for something he knew his father did? Clearly Sarty was too young to go against his father. Young children do not have much authority over their parents; therefore, he could not tell on his father without being punished. Sarty was

None of these wrong doings had fazed Sarty until he saw the house of their new landlord, Major de Spain. “Hit’s big as a courthouse”, Sarty thought to himself. Secretly, he hoped that his father would change his ways by seeing what he could have by acting appropriately towards all situations. Sarty watched on as his father purposely stepped into a pile of horse droppings before leaving a stain on the rug that his new landlord had owned. At this point, Sarty started to realize that his father was acting like a fool. Ignorance could not even justify the childish actions of his father. But how was the young boy able to voice his opinion without being penalized? He couldn’t. All he could do was let his thoughts haunt his character. Deep inside, Sarty knew that his father having to clean the rug was justice. However, his father disappointed him even further by ruining the rug. Sarty found himself in front of the Justice once again. He reluctantly defended his father knowing that he could not escape punishment if he were to defy him. As uneducated as Sarty was, he was slowly gaining knowledge of how wrong his father had treated Major de Spain and his past ac

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