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William Faulkner's “A Rose for Emily” introduces the legend of Colonel Sartoris, war hero, mayor, and first citizen, whose fame and influence linger, though he does not appear as a character.
Later, in “Barn Burning,” you can appreciate the boy hero’s given name. Addressing the boy (in 10), the Justice foreshadows the story’s conclusion: “I reckon anybody named for Colonel Sartoris in this country can’t help but tell the truth, can he?”
William Faulkner's "Barn Burning" is set against his vision of the ideals of the Confederacy, embodied in Major de Spain and Colonel Sartoris in much of Faulkner’s writing. Faulkner sets his vision of a more widely held ideal—cunning and self-centeredness—embodied in the Snopes family.
Flem Snopes, the older brother in “Barn Burning,” is a major character in "The Town", "The Mansion", and "The Hamlet"; Abner Snopes, the father in “Barn Burning,” is a lesser character in "The Unvanquished" and in "The Hamlet".
But the boy, Colonel Sartoris Snopes, does not appear in the novels.
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