Barn Burning
Michael Meyer suggests that the description of the de Spain mansion in paragraph 41 of "Barn Burning" reveals Sarty's conflict. What does this mansion represent in Sarty's mind? How does that symbolism conflict with Sarty's being loyal to his father?
The description of the house helps to frame the main conflicts that Sarty had with his father by making sure that you (the reader) know that this is the first time that Sarty has seen anything like this house. It causes his feelings of happiness to flow from him, and he feels that nothing that his father could do could destroy the place that he sees, as he thinks in paragraph 41 about "the spell of this place and dignity rendering even the barns and stable and cribs which belong to it impervious to the puny flames that he might contrive". This majestic sight for Sarty causes him to realize what his father is and what life path that he is going down, as it is described in paragraph 89: "...this the old habit, the old blood which he......
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