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This 5 page paper discusses the troubled relationship between fathers and sons in “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner; “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke; and “The Killings” by Andre Dubus. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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sons as illustrated in three works: William Faulkners short story "Barn Burning"; Theodore Roethkes poem "My Papas Waltz" and "The Killings" by Andre Dubus. Discussion The three stories are connected
because each examines the father/son relationship, but the three relationships thus discussed are dissimilar. In "Barn Burning," the story is a coming-of-age tale; in "The Killings," Dubus deals with the
overwhelming love that can exist between a father and son; in Roethkes poem, the connection is unclear. It can be interpreted to be one of playful interaction in which a
boy is learning what it means to be a man, or it can be seen as a tale of child abuse. This paper will lean toward the second reading. "Barn
Burning" tells of Abner Snopes and his son, Colonel Sartoris Snopes ("Sarty"), who finds himself opposed to his father and the mans actions. The boy knows that his father is
a barn burner, a despicable vagrant with a vicious temper and an apparently pathological need to strike back at anyone who, in his own mind, has wronged him. For example,
Abner Snopes burns the barn of a man named Harris because Harris kept Snopess hog after it had wandered into his cornfield three times (Faulkner). Fed up with Snopess carelessness
and laziness-Harris provides wire for Snopes to repair his hog pen, but the man doesnt fix it-he refuses to return the hog the third time and instead charges money for
it. In retaliation, Snopes burns his barn (Faulkner). Harris cannot prove his assertions, but the circumstantial evidence is strong enough to convince the justice of the peace of the truth,
and he orders Snopes to leave town (Faulkner). Sarty watches the trial with a sort of numb horror; he knows what his father is and what he does, but he
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