Barn Burning

This short story starts in the Yoknapatawpha county as all the other Faulkner stories do. The main characters of the story are Starty and Abner Snopes, his father. Abner is accused of burning down some man's barn and after court is held on the case, Abner and his family were forced out of the county to never return. They find a new farm to live on with Mr. de Spain. Walking into his mansion, Abner had mud on his feet and trotted it onto rug to anger de Spain. They were told to clean it and after it not coming out, he told Abner that he owed 20 bushels of corn to repay for the rug. The family goes to the town later in that week and Starty realizes that his father is suing de Spain for the corn which gets reduced down to 10 bushels. Later in the day, it becomes aware to Starty that his father is planning to burn down Mr. de Spain's barn. Faulkner chose to make the setting the same county that he lived in and this set up the story. It made  the setting of a farm and the corn growing seem realistic since in Mississippi, corn was a large revenue source for the state. He picked Yoknapatawpha as the background and that allowed him to make this story possible in his hometown.