“Barn Burning”, by William Faulkner, is a sad story because it very clearly shows the classical struggle between the privileged and the underprivileged classes. Time after time emotions of despair surface from both the protagonist and the antagonist involved in the story. This story outlines two distinct protagonists and two distinct antagonists. The first two are Colonel Sartoris Snopes (Sarty) and his father Abner Snopes (Ab). Sarty is the protagonist surrounded by his father antagonism, whereas Ab is the protagonist antagonized by the social structure and the struggle imposed on him and his family. The economic status of ....

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