烧马棚.ppt.ppt

* * * Barn Burning《烧马棚》   William Faulkner  毛孟珍 Background Though it seemed that the slavery system ended with the passing of the Civil War, it did not really disappeared, for the discrimination towards the black people still existed. The article was written after the American Civil War, which ended in 1865. Before the war, the Northern America was an industrialized society, while Southern America was a society depending on plantation and slavery system existed. Old South — New South characteristics of the Southern America Barn Burning The story deals with class conflicts, the influence of fathers, and vengeance（报仇） as viewed through the third-person perspective of a young, impressionable （敏感的）child It is a prequel to The Hamlet, The Town, and The Mansion. These three novels make up the Snopes trilogy. psychopathi, pyromaniac, mercenary, Civil War veteran, and former horse thief is the impulsive , abusive father of Abner Snopes A former Major in the Confederate Army, Major de Spain The ten-year-old son of Abner Snopes. Sartoris is also called Sarty, and his full name is Colonel Sartoris Snopes. Barn Burning is told from Sartys perspective. Sarty was born sometime in the first half of the 1880s. Sartoris Snopes characters Lorem ipsum plot at the store PART1 arriving at the house of De Spain PART1 going to the store again PART1 moving the house PART1 about the rug PART1 Sarty went to warn Major De. Spain PART1 The first scene happened in the store, Abner was accused of having burnt the barn and his son Sarty was forced to lie. From the psychological struggle of Sarty when his father ask him to tell lies, we can see that Sarty suffered a lot between his honesty and his consideration of his father’s feeling. The second scene was on their way to find a new house. That night they camped, Sarty observed the small bunch of fire made by Abner, bu