Point Of View In Faulkner's Barn Burning
Now on the other side,the point of view in Faulkner's "Barn Burning" is a story with a third person limited omniscient narrator,which means that the story is written in the third person, but that the narrative is focused on one character alone in this case its Sarty Snopes. This means we see everything from Sarty's point of view and can see his feelings, thoughts and motives.The narrator is not a real live person in the story but rather a nonparticipant who can see into Sarty's head. Maybe Faulkner does that so that he can build up to the climax of the story giving only the details he thinks are crucile for the reader to know without giving away too much of Sarty's thoughts. Its noticeable that at times the narrator says things that Sarty