“Barn Burning” wasn’t exactly my favorite reading. I’m not even sure I got the whole gist of it until discussion during class. I found the father to be very annoying and childlike. Who goes around burning stuff?!
There was an obvious theme of family loyalty and more specifically, loyalty to the father. The son clearly struggles with his father’s delinquency and has a hard time remaining loyal to him. He is really put in a tough situation, and I think he handles it pretty well. I can’t imagine having to deal with someone like that dad. Overall, the family dynamic interested me and kept me involved in the reading.
I was not a big fan of the style of writing. Maybe it was because I had a hard time understanding what was going on. I often had to stop and go back to figure out what was going on. I though the overall plot of the story was intriguing, but the writing style didn’t quite fit for me.
“Barn Burning” focused on the theme of loyalty that seems to be cropping up. A lot of our readings have taken place in the South and many of them include this aspect in some way or another. Even though I wasn’t a big fan of “Barn Burning”, I can see its importance and how it ties into the previous readings.
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