Morality impacts our everyday situations. Morality either adheres our behavior to a complete halt, or it is something that may be ignored. In most cases, morality is raised from the actions in which the environment we were raised in. This is shown in the novel “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner. Sartoris is a young boy who is forced to chose between family loyalty over doing the right thing. One would say his father is morally center in doing the wrong thing and in that aspect because Sartoris is so young. He is able to differentiate between right and wrong; however due to his father’s influence, he doesn't betray him just yet. Not until his family’s loyalty became too much of a burden to bear. According to the novel Barn Burning by Faulkner