described beauty, elegance, and grace, and recognizes these qualities as being new and of a spiritual encounter. They strike a positive attitude in him, and he will never be the same. When Sartoris bursts into the de Spains' living room and informs them that his father is going to burn down the Major's barn, he has made a moral decision against his father. He has realized that his father was wrong when he said that "You got to learn to stick to your own blood or you ain't going to have any blood to stick to you." What Sartoris has to stick to is his selfhood, his new knowledge of who he is and who he wants to be. If the story was to be told by Abner it would have had no conflict, because Abner has no real emotions. Abners coat seem to have more description then he did. For one, Abner is not thoughtful, understanding, or the least bit analytical. He does not anticipate his actions and he shows no remorse towards them. His behavior comes straight from his gut, like the mules he owns. All Abner has is reflexes and needs, but that's all. He just does whatever he feels the need to do and does it, without explanation or anything. His family might as well be his mules and have no say in actions if Abner was the narrator. He might have wanted to give some explanation for his doing but they would have been irrelevant. In addition if it were told by him it would have made the reader think that his actions were humorous. That they were bandits and heathens. When he drove away from the blazing barns we might have pictured the family rooting on the father, or something of that sort. They would have been just like him mules, witout reason for their actions.No other point of view but Sartoris' could have told this story so effectively and so movingly. We not only saw his reactions towards his father but we also heard the mother speak out. Abner would of never let anyone even stir up any kind of emotion. They would of all been guilty ...
