Barn Burning

In William Faulkner's "Barn Burning", a young boy must face his father. He must also discover for himself that his father is wrong and learn to grow up the right way. Faulkner's setting is one of the most important literary elements in the story. He takes a young boy and puts him in a real world of chaos and disorder. In the South, race is one of the most important factors in how one would …

…can either rise to the occasion and beat the odds and become a better man, or he can follow in the footsteps of his father and his father before him. He came to a certain point in his life where one decision could determine what kind of person he would be. He made the right choice by following the law. This story is simply a matter of a young man choosing between right and wrong.