asp of his mother and entire family and runs towards the de Spain mansion to warn its occupants of the terrorism in progress.Once informed of the crime, the owner of the mansion mounted his horse and raced to the site of the arson. As Sarty is running from the mansion he hears three gunshots that cause him to crumble to a stop. The reader can conclude that these are the shots that most likely ended the lives of his father and his two brothers. At this point Sarty is overwhelmed with emotion as he realizes that the family that he knew had perished. Sarty felt he could not return to his mother and sisters for he had betrayed them.Faulkner once said, I decline to accept the end of man I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. I believe that Faulkner displayed this belief throughout this story. He shows that Sarty is a soul that is compassionate when he mourns his father in the last few paragraphs of the story. He exemplifies sacrifice when Sarty must sacrifice the safety and lives of his family members for his own morals. Finally, Faulkner conveys endurance when the child comes to the realization that he may not return to the surviving members of his family, and that he must continue to live on his own....
