My Brother Sam Is Dead

English. They were Americans. The Patriots were unhappy about this, so they rebelled and that is how the war started. The Patriots were fighting for the freedom of the colonies and the British were fighting for control of the colonies. In the book, My Brother Sam is Dead, the authors showed both sides of the war, but they ultimately agreed that the war was horrendous. One way the authors argued against the war is showing how gruesome it was. In the book, it shows Tim saying “I didn’t feel much about being a Tory anymore” (Collier and Collier 145). The authors wrote this because Tim saw some innocent slaves…

War To Freedom The American Revolution was a war of principles fought between Patriots and Loyalists. For example, the Loyalists believe in neutrality, peace, negotiation, against treason, feared of loss land, and the brutality of war. In the novel My Brother Sam is Dead, by James and Christopher Collier, a family quarrels over what side is right. Loyalist or Patriot. First, Life’s death induces Tim’s neutrality. For example, Tim discovers that his brother has been taken by cowboys on their…

“Free? Free to do what, Sam? Free to mock your king? To shoot your neighbor? To make a mess of thousands of lives.”( ) In the novel My Brother Sam Is Dead, the authors, Collier and Collier, introduce the life during the Revolutionary War. During the novel this war has affected many people's lives. The authors explain throughout this story which side of the war they are on. The Revolutionary War, in the novel, My Brother Sam is Dead, is worthless. One way the authors argue against the war…

In Chapter 13 of My Brother Sam Is Dead we continue from after Chapter 12 and see Tim run to Colonel Parson’s house to ask him to help clear Sam up. Sam is accused of stealing cattle even though he was actually trying to stop someone from stealing their cattle. Colonel Parson is unable to speak at the moment and Tim decides to go back and wait. The meat is still outside so Tim and his Mother go out and retrieve the meat. This shows how desperate some people are for food, even going as far as to…

brutal war between the British and the colonies. Most soldiers of the time were college students. One fictional example of this is Sam Meeker. In Collier and Collier's book, My Brother Sam Is Dead Sam Meeker is a college dropout who goes to fight in the war. The narrator of this novel, Tim Meeker, is Sam's little brother. While Sam is away at war, the authors show us the consequences that come with the heroic ideals.Things such as the clash of generations or the brutal reality facing the noble…

Against the War Wars have been a huge and devastating part of making the world what it is today. In the book My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier, the brutalities are heightened. They wrote about the division of families, the clash of generations, and how principle faces reality. The authors give the allusion that they are against the war that is raging rapidly threw the colonies. One of the main ideas of the book is how families get divided. There is a quote…

In the book, My Brother Sam is Dead, among a family the oldest son, Sam, decides to go off and fight with the patriots. Sam comes from a loyalist father who disagrees with his son’s decision. Sam and his father get in an argument and Sam gets kicked out of the house and goes to war. Sam made the correct decision on fighting as a patriot. His conviction was shown in many ways throughout the book. Sam needs to fight for his own country that he is living in. “If they won’t let us be free, we have…

In My Brother Sam Is Dead there are many cause and effects. I am going to give you some examples. I am going to use Sam Taking the Brown Bess as a cause. There are many effects to this. The first one is Farther almost getting killed. If they had the gun then they could give it to the generals. Don’t think all the effects I am going to give you are bad. There are also good effects. Second, Sam is protected. Third, the Merkers are not protected. Some people may say this is an effect but I do not…

My Brother Sam is Dead Rykhus 3 Sam and his father had many conflicts on the political problems as a Loyalists (Sam’s Father) who have to pay taxes and have to do what the King says or they get killed, while Sam is on the Patriots side, the Patriots are against the King and his rules. Sam’s father did not agree with Sam on the side of the patriots because he didn’t want problems with the King and his Soldiers. Sam’s father always argued with Sam for not being on the side of the English King but…

Sam and Life in the book of My Brother Sam is Dead argue a lot , but I think it is because they are so much alike. Whenever Sam comes home from Yale he tells his family about an attack which makes his father mad. Later that day Sam told Tim that he was going to have to take their family gun the Brown Bess. Sam and his father had a argument about the Brown Bess and after the fight that was the first time Tim had seen his dad cry. Later Sam took the gun and went to the war. Tim and Life went on a…