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Barn Burning: An Endless Circle
William Faulkner's short story “Barn Burning” is the tale of a southern
man forced into a role by society. “Barn Burning” takes place in the post Civil
War South where a mans place in society is derived by their actions during the
war. Ab Snopse, a man who served both the North and the South, is pla ....
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.... hand, the Snopses are viewed as dishonorable. During the
war, Ab Snopse was considered a mercenary for serving both sides of the way. “
...nights passed during those four years in the woods hiding from all men, blue
and gray, with his strings of horses (captured horses, he called them)” (165).
Ab stole horses from the North and the South, to earn a living. He was even
shot by a confederate soldier, “His father turned, and he followed the stiff
black coat, the wiry figure walking a little stiffly from where a Confederate
provost's man's muske ....
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