Monday, February 26, 2007

Barn Burning

This story is about a family who moves a lot, because the father and older brother burn the barns of the farms they are working at. There is a Justice of the Peace in every town who bans them from the town. One day they go work at a rich man's house, the father upsets the family by walking on the runner with dirty boots. When the father and older brother go to burn the barn, the little brother runs and tells the farmer. The farmer kills the father and older brother. The little brother runs away.

This story is about disloyalty, distrust, and lying in relationships. The father and older brother do not establish a firm relationship with their employers or within the family itself. It is sad to say that the little brother knew more of that.

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