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War is Futile
“They have been killing children in this war. They don't care. They’ll throw you in a prison ship and let you rot (Collier and Collier 72.) War has not been fair for over many centuries and it probably won’t ever be. The people that are fighting for something that they believe in or fighting for justice, they are careless and they don't think outside of the box. Like whether they are hurting or killing innocent people, and also whose families they are hurting by going to war. In the book My Brother Sam is Dead By James Collier and Christopher Collier the authors are against war and they don't approve of it. During the book the authors hint towards the readers that it is not worth it and it is not fair.
War
is separating families and causing familes to hurt one another, whether its not agreeing on which side they are on or dying in battle. In the book the Meeker family has a separation come between the dad and the son, Sam and Mr. Meeker. “Thats not what they say in New Haven, sir,” Sam said. “They say that the whole colony of Massachusetts fights, Connnecticut will fight, too.” (Collier and Collier 6.) Sam is on the other side and wants to fight for the Patriots and not be on the Tories or British. He wants to do the right thing and Sam thinks fighting for the other side is. But nether side is doing the right thing, the Patriots or the British. War is never worth losing your loved ones and also killing people because the people in battle think it is right. During the book, the war had a big effect on the citizens of the city of Connecuit and the students of Yale. The Yale students rushed to join the big battle between the Patriots and the British and went to get weapons from the tavern. The students are quiting school and willing to go to war and just forget about going to school. Also not many of the people of connectuit like this, where students are quting, taking there food, and also weapons. There were pettitions going around to stop having the soliders take there food. Mr. Beach is an elderly loyalist and he doesnt like the war and he is big part of the book. War isnt just hurting people physically, it is also hurting them internally. Also many of the yale students are younf adults and shouldnt be quiting school to fight, they should be going on. There are many deaths, many deaths between some main characters to characters that shouldnt even been killed. “ He wasnt dead yet. He lay there shaking and thrasing about, his knees jerking up and down. They shot him from so close that his clothes were on fire. He went on jerking on his chest until another solider shot him again (Collier and Collier 208.) This death from the book is the one of the main characters and his name is Sam. He didnt die in war, he died by being excuted by his own side. This is proving that the authors think the war is useless and not worth dying for and it is also careless. The authors were pushing towards that war is careless and useless. War shouldnt be killing inoscent people, they should think more about it and go it to more depth. Also by looking at the bigger picture. Many tragic events happen in war and there shouldnt be.
My Brother Sam is Dead Author: by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier Category: Historical Fiction Summary: It starts out in the 1770's during the Revolution War and Samuel Meeker or Sam for short just interred the room of the tavern and he chimes in to everybody who is waiting to eat, he comes in saying where beating the Lobster Backs. His father, Eliphalet Meeker but called Life for short, starts arguing with son. After a while they calmed down and change the subject.
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... and remorse inside C.Os by presenting them a situation in which they would be questioned about the war by their children which may not happen in reality as some children's may feel the opposite and instead feel proud of the father taking a stand for what his rights. In addition to this the government are trying to put C.Os in a early negative mindset of feeling guilt and remorse for their actions so it gradually build to the day they get confronted by their children which might no even happen which compromises the reliability of the source. Being a primary interpretation is is partly useful as it deems negativity because it wants o change the mindset of C.Os to make them feel embarrassment and guilt, however the source also interprets to us how desperate and selfish government was as they just cared about winning the war and ignored C.Os moral beliefs.
A true war story is never moral. It does not instruct, nor encourage virtue, nor suggest models of proper human behavior, nor restrain ...
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