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My Brother Sam is dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier was first published in 1974. This story occurs during the Revolutionary War. The story is told in first person by Timothy Meeker. Timothy is Sam’s younger brother. There are four main characters in My Brother Sam is Dead. They are Mom, who is depressed because of the war. Dad, who died on a prison ship after being captured by cowboys. Tim is the main character and is very worried about his brother, Sam. Sam, who is an American in the Revolutionary War. Dad is very formal and worried about Sam. He works Tim to death while his mom gives Tim an occasional chore here and there. Sam loves Tim, and wants to come home but is worried because his parents kicked him out. He doesn’t know he can come home at any time, his parents are concerned about his well being. …show more content…
The story begins with Tim looking through the window watching the rain, but focusing on his dinner.
Sam bursts through the door and just stands there. Their father is more worried about the rain coming in and getting everything wet than he is about getting Sam inside where it’s dry. Tim and Sam’s father was captured by cowboys while he and Tim were traveling to the city. They were unsure why he was kidnapped, but months later learned he died on a prison ship. Later in the story, Sam has been wrongly accused of stealing cattle. In reality, he chased the cattle thieves who captured him who then caught Sam presented him as the thief. He is sentenced to be executed by gunshot. Tim devises a plan to break Sam out of prison. His mother even approved of the plan because she had accepted the fact that they were all going to die anyway by the end of the war. Sam approaches the prison guard while he is sleeping. He considered killing him, but decided it was too difficult to take a life. As he was trying to free Sam, the guard wakes up and shoots Tim. He runs away, gets home, cleans his wound and goes to bed. Tim
survives. Tragedy hit this family very hard. Things were hard for families during the war and now with Father gone, and Sam scheduled to be executed Tim and his mother were horribly depressed. Days later after Tim’s attempted prison break, Sam is executed. Tim and his mother attended the execution. Throughout the novel, the theme of depression was displayed in numerous ways. A few examples can be seen when Sam’s mood while in prison was described. He fell into a deep depression after Tim’s failed attempt. Sam and Tim’s mother was also very depressed from the beginning of the story. She felt her family would not survive until the end of the war, she just wanted it to be over and didn’t care which side won. This book made me feel sad and scared because I can’t imagine living life as Tim lived. When Timothy considered killing the guard I felt sad because such a young boy had to think about killing someone and I felt scared because If he got caught his punishment would have been death. The characters in the story seemed believable to me, I especially identified with Tim because we’re around the same age. I enjoyed the novel because I kept wanting to read to find out what was going to happen next, and there were a lot of cliffhangers.
Chapter 10-14 in My Brother Sam is Dead describes the war’s savage nature and the hardships the Meeker family endures due to the wicked acts of man-kind. In chapter 10, Tim describes the woes of life without Father. Not long after British troops come to Redding. Consequently, a bloodbath between the painfully small Rebel militia and British troops. In chapter 11, the Continentals Army comes to Redding. Afterwards, Tim finds Sam with his regiment. Tim, Sam, and Mother visit and Sam refuses to come home after his enlistment is done. In chapter 12, the Meekers find out Father died on a British prison ship. The Continental Army sets up camp in Redding for the winter. A few months later, Sam is taken in for being a cattle thief after being framed
“My Brother Sam is dead” is a historical fiction book written by two men named James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier. This book is placed in Redding, Connecticut, during April is where the book started and was placed. Tim Meeker is the main character who has a brother Sam that left to war to fight for the patriots, but his family members are “Tories” who disagree with Sam’s decisions.
The novel “My Brother Sam is Dead” is a story told through a boy named Tim meeker and how he admires his brother Sam meeker. But throughout the story Sam and his father argue about how they feel about each other’s differences and about separating from England. Meanwhile Tim finds himself very confused as to which side he should part take into. The story takes place in the 1700’s during the revolutionary war. Tim and his family go through many hardships in this novel.
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It all started out when Madec hired Ben because of his field in working in the desert. When Madec saw a white figure through his ten-power scope on his .358 caliber Winchester Magnum, he fired saying he saw horns on it. When they walked up there, Madec confessed that he did not see horns on the animal, and requested to go on hunting and not waste time finding it and bringing it to the jeep. But Ben insisted on either bringing it in to the jeep or to burry it in the desert sand. But Madec had known what he had done, and kept persisting to go on and not waste time because it is a once in a lifetime chance to go hunting for bighorn sheep, and he didn?t want to go home empty handed. So when they got to the body of the sheep, Ben discovered that it was a human. The .358 caliber Winchester Magnum bullet had done fearful damage, blasting the man?s lungs out through his back. Madec was mad that Ben had found out what had happened, and said they should burry the man and never talk about him again. But, good ol? honest Ben wasn?t about to make a mistake; he wanted to report the accident to the sheriff. So he went down to go get the jeep, and on his way back up, he heard 2 gunshots. When he got up there, he asked what Madec was doing with the gun and Madec said he was seeing how it was shot. Then Madec went on to the body, and said that the man had been shot before, twice. Madec had tried to cover up his mistake. Then, Madec got mad and said that he didn?t want to go to town to report an accident because he might go to jail. Then he held the gun up to Ben, and told him to take all his clothes off and walk to town.
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...s, his son Thomas, General Josiah T. Walls. He then spent time in the Sentinel office (newspaper) learning about trades and printing, and the publisher became his friend. His first death in his family occurred, and it was mother at the age of thirty-six. His mother continuously had anxieties about worrying about people coming to kill her family, but the cause of her death is still unknown. According to the book, ultimately, Tim was very distraught about his mother’s death. His father eventually dies in 1897, but he accomplished several things before his death: became “city marshal, county commisioner of Duval County, and clerk of the city market.”
Tim Thomas decided to drastically change his life by giving everything he has to seven people, in order to save or improve their life in order to “make up” for the seven lives that were lost as a result of his carelessness. He gave a part of his lungs to his brother, a piece of his liver to a social worker, a kidney to a hockey coach, his home to a mother of two children but there were still two more that he needed to help. So he took his brothers IRS credentials and found Emily who was in need of a heart and Ezra who needed two eyes. He determined that both were good and deserving people that were worthy of the gift so he committed suicide in order to enhance their quality of life.
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...d shots and Alan’s hand had gotten hit. The boys were back inside and the police called and told them that Doctor Curt had arrived. Doctor Curt spoke to the boys and told them that the first shot had been an accident; and that he had read the paper and it looked fine, so they could come out. The kids all walked out, they dropped their guns and were handcuffed, except for Zach who went to his mother and got his medication.