Sarty

"Barn Burning" by William Faulkner
Sarty
Sarty Snopes is a ten year old boy whose family is forced into a world of poverty and fear. He lives with his father, mother, brother, two sisters, and two aunts. Sarty's father is a very bitter and mean man who burns barns of other people and then uproots his family to a new place. In the story, "Barn burning" by William Faulkner, Sarty Snopes is an underprivileged, lonely, and confused little boy who is struggling within himself to choose between family and morality.
Sarty is very underprivileged. Faulkner describes Sarty as "'Small for his age…