In Faulkner’s “Barn Burning,” the protagonist has a pretty concrete external struggle—it’s him against his dad. But in another sense

In Faulkner’s “Barn Burning,” the protagonist has a pretty concrete external struggle—it’s him against his dad. But in another sense

1. In Faulkner’s “Barn Burning,” the protagonist has a pretty concrete external struggle—it’s him against his dad. But in another sense, he’s struggling internally with an idea, a concept, a belief system. What kind of thematic questions does the boy’s internal struggle present to the reader?

2. Hawthorne’s full title for this short story is “The Minister’s Black Veil: A Parable.” A parable is a simple story used for illustrating a moral or didactic lesson. What do you think is a lesson one might take away from this story? (Alternatively, do you disagree with Hawthorne’s title that this should be viewed as a parable? Support your answer.)

3. Which of the critical theories that you read about struck you as especially interesting? Give a brief sense of how you might apply that theory to one of the works we read this unit.  Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil” (pp. 331–338) William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning” (pp. 406–17)

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