“Barn Burning” By William Faulkner Is The Tale Of A Sick, Demented Man Who Was Also A Hero. This Seeming Contradiction Is Ac

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�Barn Burning� by William Faulkner is the tale of a sick, demented man who was also a hero. This seeming contradiction is actually the story of the great lengths this man went to in order to prove his point. Although to the rest of the world he seemed like a lunatic, this had no impact on the way he acted.
    Abner Snopes, in his own demented way is a heroic figure. The very fact that he went around burning down people�s barns brings proof to this fact. Although consistently causing damage to people�s property are more the actions of a madman, it is these abnormal activities that give Snopes his heroic claims. For, though he knew that he would be found out, he made no pretense of hiding his actions. He continued in his pyromania, believing that he was in the right. This can be seen from the way a messenger is sent to the first victim in the story, �That evening a nigger came with the dollar and got the hog. He was a strange nigger. He said, �He say to tell you wood and hay kin burn.�� It is clear that Snopes did not care if anyone knew of his actions. He felt he was in the right, and because of that had free reign to do as he pleased. The fact that nobody else agreed with his perverted views concerned him not in the least, as he was well prepared to face the consequences. As Faulkner relates, �He did not know where they were going. None of them ever did or ever asked, because it was always somewhere, always a house of sorts waiting for them a day or two days or even three days away. Likely his father had already arranged to make a crop on another farm before he.�.� Snopes knew the score, he was well aware of the consequences his actions would bring. He therefore prepared in advance a new location and livelihood for him and his family.
It is these heroic actions in the face of adversity, however,

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