1. Symbolism in Faulkner's Barn Burning
... he's sick of what his father is doing to the family and forcing them to share his punishments. Faulkner kind of writes this story as a moralist, portraying why a sensible approach to hardship and disappointments are essential in life to avoid someone's problems to get so bad that it devours them like an inferno. But fire can be seen not only as destruction ... but also as a way to purify. It cleans out what was there before, leaving ashes to make new soil and a new land. Fire was present when God spoke to individuals in the Bible. When God chose to speak to Moses, "... the angel of the ...
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