oss pushed him to realize he cannot lost Sonny just because he doesn’t approve of how he’s made music his life. The brother felt that the music “was very beautiful because it wasn’t hurried and no longer a lament” (p.206). This is their connection, the brother realizes they both share different ideas but both of them chase after the same dream, of wanting to live life to the absolute fullest.The literal meaning of loyal is the act of remaining faithful to a country, person, ruler, and government or ideal. Therefore the understandings of loyalty in both stories are similar but the motivations contrast in that different events and emotions are displayed. In “Barn Burning”, the Father decides to burn the barn and while he is doing this, Sarty reaches full awareness of the situation and under the hold of his mother; he struggles to get away and manages to jerk free. “then he was free” (P.407), Sarty is free to let go of his loyalty towards his Father and hurried to inform the barn’s owner, Major De Spain that his barn was in fire. In doing so, the Major quickly left the house with his shotgun, and in the distance, Sarty heard two shots. Then he finally knew that his Father and brother were dead. The death of his Father and brother let him go, it let his freedom loose, he was able to let go of the problem that would be imprinted in him memory forever. In this experience, he runs away to be by himself, consequently losing his whole family because when he left his Father, he also left his Mother. This event motivates him even more to run away because he has to be loyal to himself and do what he thinks is the right thing to do at the time. Sarty controls himself enough to think clearly that what his Father is doing is wrong and at all means, he is going to do whatever is necessary including withdrawing his loyalty to his Father.“Sonny’s Blues” in contrast c...
