Growth in William Faulkner’s Barn Burning and James Baldwin’s Sonny’s B

Growth in William Faulkners Barn ardent and James Baldwins Sonnys BluesThe word family evokes an image of trust and a bond of patrioticty. In William Faulkners Barn anxious and James Baldwins Sonnys Blues, the main characters in twain these stories stage the idea of family loyalty in several ship canal. While they continue to articulate the values of family loyalty, the main characters have to overcome several obstacles. Searching for ways to communicate effectively with their families and maintaining their changing identities trap the characters. In Barn Burning, Sarty is conflicted with being loyal to his family and being loyal to himself and in Sonnys Blues, the brother has to deal with being loyal to Sonnys values. During this process, it changes their character and forces them to change and learn ab step forward themselves.In Barn Burning, Sarty is emotionally torn by two personalities, one being loyal to his nonplus, and the other is being loyal to society because in his mind, he knows hes doing the right thing. But in the beginning of the story, Sartys reputation starts to pull when the Justice of the Peace is questioning him. Sarty has the need to tell the fair play yet with his Fathers dominating presence there, he cannot do it. He aims for me to lie, he thought again with that frantic grief and despair, (p.398). In one sentence, there is an instant clear meaning that Sarty is distraught in making decisions having to involve his Father. In this moment though, he also feels his Fathers emotions penetrating right into his body through his Father, did not tear down look at him (p.398). Sartys sense of loyalty sides strongly with family out-of-pocket to the fact of how he was raised. The time period in which the stor... ...nally figured out what Sonnys dream was when he saw him play his practice of medicine and the joy that Sonny felt, he felt it too and understood music is Sonnys way of living, his life unleashed through music. Even thoug h both stories tell a different tale, this quote applies to the brother and Sarty because they both had to rely on their self-intuition to help them understand the ordeals they went through to reach a final decision. Freedom lurked around us and I understood, at last, that he could help us to be free if we would listen (P.216)Works CitedBaldwin, James. Sonnys Blues. literature An Introduction to Fiction Poetry, and Drama. 7th edition. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. New York Longman, 1999. 272-295.Faulkner, William. Barn Burning. The Heath Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Paul Lauter. 3th ed. Boston Houghton Mifflin, 1998. 1554-66.