Although war can be viewed in many different ways, Collier and Collier express their view of war and how it is gruesome and useless. They mention how it divides loyalty between families. In My Brother Sam is Dead, although both sides are shown, author's Collier and Collier ultimately argue that war is such a high price to pay and ultimately just causes devastations. They show how the generations argue and clash. They describe the principles versus the horrid reality.. They suggest that there could have been another means of getting to the same result besides war. Collier and Collier also prove that war is not worth it by showing the ‘principles’ and the true reality of war. “Ned’s head jumped off his body and popped into the air” (Collier
