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Faulkner grew up in Mississippi in the beginning of the twentieth century (William Faulkner 699). He was the son to Murray C. and Maud Butler Faulkner (Hoffman 13). Growing up in the South in the early 1900s meant being exposed to harsh racism. He watched the blacks endure dumfounding amounts of cruelty and was amazed at how the blacks conducted themselves with such dignity. He witnessed, first hand, what discrimination is and could non comprehend why this goes on. In many of Faulkners works I found that he portrayed blacks as quite,easy-going, well-tempered people. He attempted to pose them as heroes. It is my belief that Faulkner writes about the south because that is the subject that has affected his spiritedness most.     Faulkners Barn Burning takes place in the late nineteenth century South. Primarily a story about the relationship between father and son, the story presents itself by the use of symbolism. The most vital sign being fire. The fire is o fttimes equal the main character in the story, Abner. Both Abner and the fire be uncontrollable and destroy anything in its counseling, having respect for nothing. Sarty, Abners son, dislikes what his father does out of acts of despise and tries to stop it (Faulkner Barn 23). He attempts to throw out the fire inside his father. He is spew of his familys way of life and is exhibity for a change no theme what it takes, even if it means going against his own blood. No matter what is done, they clear not stop Abner from lashing out and burning buildings. Through his wind relishment of the negative sides of his anger and power, Abner rips his family apart. He does so by forcing his family to put up with the consequences of his actions. In a way, Faulkner writes as a moralist. He demonstrates, finished his character Abner, why a reasonable approach to adversity and letdowns is necessary, to debar allowing ones problems to get so bad that they can engulf the subject like an in ferno. In this story Mrs. DeSpains nigger acts loyally and tries to save his owners animals from the fire that were in the barn. Faulkners password Intruder in the Dusk, is the story of a Negro, Lucas Beauchamp, who is wrongfully accused of murder by many whites in the town of Jefferson Mississippi. Instead of telling everyone that he not the murderer, he actually pretends to be the killer and wishes to be innocent... ...and half-Negro (Faulkner Bear 65). The theme of this position story is Ike maturing and following his southern traditions. He grew up to become an subtile hunter that showed respect for his fellow hunters as well as the wilderness. As John Lyndenberg wrote, The hunters from Jefferson are gentlemen and sportsmen, representing the ideals of the old order at its best, the honor,dignity, and courage of the South (Lyndenberg 385).     As hard as it may be at times to read Faulkners literary works, I believe that it is well worth the effort. I fou nd almost of his writings, particularly his early ones, difficult to understand because he sometimes changes try in the middle of a sentence and he also seems to enjoy writing with a Southern accent which does not make his writings any easier to read. For example in The Bear and in "Barn Burning, Faulkner consistently uses hit kinda of it. He has a very down to Earth theme passim his works The theme being the coming of age type issue. tout ensemble the stories I wrote about contain this maturing theme in one way or another. Faulkner is both a writer and a teacher-there is much to try from his works.