This is a critical research paper it must be atleast 1500 words. It is about the symbolic meaning of the Barn Burning story by William Faulkner. It must be mla style and my instructions are You will follow the first page format used in your short fiction essay (Week 2). Your paper will
have five sources. One source will be your textbook; the other four may be books, magazines,
and, of course, internet sources. You must have both hard copy and web based sources. Reading
what others have said about a story can often solidify and add depth to our own opinions and
evaluations. You will use and correctly cite passages from the story/stories in your paper. These
passages will generally be short (a few words to perhaps a whole sentence) and will illustrate or
serve to support your paper's thesis. You will also use and correctly cite short passages from your
two outside sources in your paper. See the examples in the "Writing about Literature"
chapter for a sample of how to document your text. (Remember to use your story, author and
page numbers!) If you choose to discuss two stories you will have both story entries on the
Works Cited Page. You will use parenthetical documentation in your paper. After each direct
quote from the story, you will have in parentheses the author's last name and the page number
from whence the quote came. Example: (Welty 63) Notice that there is NO comma between the
author's name and the page number. In the Humanities (of which English is a part) we use the
Modern Language Association
A Sense of Purpose
Tone
Maintaining Objectivity
Specific Concrete Language
Unbiased Language
Avoiding Plagiarism
Being Logical
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