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Among them, the Snopes belong to the lowest level of Southern society. They are itinerant sharecroppers, who pay their habitation by remitting part of the crop to the landlord. At such setting, the Snopses are viewed as dishonorable. During the Civil War, Abner Snopse was considered a mercenary for serving both sides of the way. Abner stole horses from the North and the South, to earn a living. He was even shot by a confederate soldier. This tragedy life dooms to the life process of Abner’s consciousness. Yoknapatawpha County. Characters: Colonel Sartoris Snopes (Sarty) - protagonist Abner Snopes – patriarch of the Snopes family, Antagonist Lennie Snopes – wife of Abner and mother of Sarty Lizzie – unmarried sister of Lennie Snopes Major de Spain - Snopess employer Mr. Harris - Abners first mentioned landowner A brief introduction of this story Abner, the father of young Sarty Snopes, is being driven out of town after burning down his landlords barn. In the court case that opens the story and in which Sarty is initially called to testify, no palpable proof can point to Abner as the culprit, but the Snopes family is ordered to leave the county. They move to a new place where Abner is to work as a sharecropper for Major de Spain, but Abner cannot seem to stop himself from acting out against authority in order to, in his eyes, preserve his honor. Shortly after arriving at his new position, Abner visits Major de Spains house and tracks horse droppings on a blond rug. Major de Spain orders Abner to clean the rug, which he does by using a harsh lye soap, ruining the rug beyond repair, before throwing the rug onto Major de Spains front porch. Major de Spain levies on Abner a fine of 20 bushels of corn against the price of the rug. At court, a Justice of the Peace reduces the fine to ten bushels of corn. Feeling once again wronged, Abner makes preparations to set fire to Major de Spains barn. Sarty warns Major de Spain of his fathers i