Han Rong Ma
            EN 102
            2/25/15
            Reading Response #3
               The short story 'Barn Burning' is written by William Faulkner is loyalty in my opinion, for family still more important than standing up for what is right. He describes the theme through the conflicts that takes place in the story. The first conflict was when the little kid, the daddy and the white guy were in the court. They were in the court because the white man stepped in horse dropping and went to Snopes' house, wiped it in his rug. Abner Snopes is accused of burning down his landlord's barn because the other day the white man's barn was burned and the only person he suspected was the the kid's daddy. When they are in the court the kid has a conflict. He would has to choose whether he should tell the truth about his daddy burned down the barn or lie and stick up for his daddy. It is obvious to see that Sarty planned to lie in court even though he did not want to. His father knows that Sarty wants to tell the truth and assumes his son planned to betray him, but he feels powerless. The landlord, Mr. Harris, tells the Justice of the Peace that Sarty, Snope's son knows the truth. Sarty's knows his father wants him to lie to defend him. Before he has to testify, the justice and the landlord take pity on him. This initial tension between what Sart wants and what his father wants lasts the rest of the story a new begin.