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In the story Barn Burning by William Faulkner, the character Colonel Sartoris Snopes, nicknamed Sarty, displays many different and interesting traits. Most of these characteristics are seen through his thoughts that the author includes periodically throughout the story. The thoughts in the reading lead you to the conclusion that Sarty is definitely a character who is very dynamic and self motivated. In the beginning of the story in the courtroom scene, the reader is first …

…Only when two shots are heard in the distance, Sarty stops to cry for his hopeless father. After this disaster he begins on his way for a better, new life, without having to fear his father and his addiction to Barn Burning. All these thoughts suggest a change within Sarty. They prove that he is a very dynamic character, who at first loved and defended his father, but later turned against him and his madness.