Barn Burning by William Faulkner a man who has control over his family and doesn't do it for a positive reason. This man commits crimes and expects his family to be able to cover his tracks and support him weather they like it or not. This man teaches the others in his family that this is how its supposed to be and that the boys should be able to control their families when they are older. Mr. Snokes is the man who is doing these crimes. He burns down the houses of ours without much care. Because of this his family is always moving simply because he can't be caught this way. Colonel Snopes is the son of Mr. Snokes, Snopes doesn't want to accept whats going on in his family completely. Snopes wants to basically run away from this situation because he knows its wrong. Mr. Snokes keeps telling Snopes he must protect his family members regardless of the situations.
Towards the end of the story Snopes decides to make one of the biggest and largest and most meaningful deicision of his life. Snopes decided to leave his house and basically never come back. He makes this hard choose because he realizes that what's going on in his family is completely wrong and that he can't be a part of it. This choose was a very important and wise choose that I think he took. It was a smart choose to take but probably very difficult considering that all his life he was basically told that he must be with his family and protect them.
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