... conscience is a strong theme within "Barn Burning" that Sarty, the protagonist, has to face. His father, Abner Snopes, does not choose the best decisions for himself and his family, but because he is family, Sarty feels he has no choice or be admonished and hit. At the trial in the instigation of the story the narrator describes, "He aims for me to ... to stick to your own blood or you ain't going to have any blood to stick to you" (378). The battle between listening to his heart and following his family and unconditional love imposes on him a hard struggle of the choices of life. He kn...

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