The present study is an attempt to examine the various types of speech acts based on Searle's theory aiming at answering the two questions including: which speech acts are most applied according to the given theory, in the Barefoot, and whether the speech acts used in the story can best reflect the story's atmosphere considered by the author. The data of this analytical-descriptive research has been collected from the Barefoot novel, written by ZahariaStancu. The findings indicate that the speech act theory enjoys a significant efficiency and can be utilized in recognizing and conveying the meaning dominating all over the story. Moreover, the findings illustrate that according to the categorization of the speech acts in the Searle's theory, 79.8% representatives, 12.6% directives, 4.4% expressives, 0.7% commissives and 2.5% declarations speech acts are used, among which the representatives and directives speech acts have the highest frequency and the declarations and commissives speech acts have the lowest frequency of application. The final result of the study is that the author of the story best portrays the story's atmosphere utilizing the representatives and directives speech acts, by which he has made an impressive work of art.