... time. It is a minor aspect in appearance, but which becomes of vital importance in a New England village: Adoniram Penn's construction of a barn, instead of a house for his family. Sarah's act of moving together with her children in the new barn in absence of her husband and even at the risk of being regarded as "mad- by the society in which she lives ... moral indifference and Western independence. In his short stories, William Faulkner depicted the quest for identity of South Americans, as deriving from their constant opposition towards an unjust social system. Barn Burning is such a ...

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