There always comes a moment in a person 's life when one has to grow up, which is sometimes known as coming of age. The period is characterized by a young person who undergoes transition into an adult stage, thus learning to act and live like an adult. While the process of development occurs naturally as an individual advance of his age, it can also be influenced by occurrences, which force the person to grow faster. In most instances, the societal forces force a child to mature faster since one is acquainted with the responsibilities of an adult. For instance, during the civil war era, young people were forced into military so that they can join the war, this taking up the role of adults in the society. The impacts of the war modeled them into adulthood faster than their age, teaching them how to fend for themselves and fight back the enemies even when they were still of tender age. Such an aspect illustrates the manner these young ones were forced into adulthood even before their age could dictate so. Faulkner 's Barn Burning is a story about a young Caucasian boy, who grows up to realize how to differentiate right from wrong. Sarty Snopes is a young adolescent presented before the court, with the hope that he will not testify against his father in the case of arson his father was facing. Even when he knows that his father is guilty of the crime, he testifies in favor of the crime to protect his father. All through the story, it’s clear that Sarty is close to his father,