My Brother Sam Is Dead Sparknotes

“My Brother Sam is Dead” is a great book in my opinion, and many others to. The book has a great story, background, outline, characters, etc. But, some people have found things they don’t like about the book, and apparently they don’t like the reasons so much that they go and get the booked banned/challenged. They said it was because of violence, profanity, unpatriotic views/believes religious believes, etc. Banned/challenged or not, this book is an all-around good, it even got a silver sticker for being on the best books published, or something like that.

“Dog Tags: Divided We Fall” by C. Alexander London is about a boy who’s brother is lost in the Civil War. Andrew is the boy who lost his brother in the war. His brother went to the war even though he was under age. He was lost in action and can’t be found. Andrew’s brother Julius was sending letters then stopped. Andrew was upset and wanted to go find him but his parent wouldn’t let him. So then Andrew did the unthinkable, he snuck off and went looking for his brother. He found a dead man and took his uniform. Andrew was looking for Julius for a while when he thought to look at Mary’s, his brother’s love’s, house . He found Julius there and they had to take the long journey home. When they got home they had a big meal and got through the war

The story starts out with Sam remembering how he first got to be in his tree in the Catskills. A run-away, Sam Gribley, a young boy who lived in New York City with his family of eleven in a small apartment. None of them liked

Chapter 3 in My Brother Sam is Dead illustrates how war doesn’t necessarily affects everyone, even if you can get news of a battle before nightfall and it happened at noon. In the beginning, Tim talks of how the war is not really affecting the people of Redding. Betsy Read comes by the tavern. Betsy and Tim talk in secret behind the tavern. Betsy makes Tim swear to not tell anyone if Sam were to come back to Redding. As predicted, Sam is coming back to Redding. Betsy doesn’t know when Sam is coming back. Tim doesn’t receive word of Sam’s return for about two months. Betsy gives Tim a signal that Sam is back in October.

A little ten year old boy was taken as a prisoner of war. He was snatched out of his life and destined to die while others lived. His death actually happened in history, but also in the novel, My Brother Sam Is Dead. It is the year 1775, the Revolutionary War is just stirring among the people. The narrator is Tim Meeker, the youngest son in a family that runs their tavern in the town of Redding. The Meeker family goes through many sufferings at the cost of war. His older brother, Sam is a Yale student who goes to war to fight the British against his father’s wishes. Through the course of the book, many sufferings arise in Redding. Life gets tougher and the Meekers experience the hard reality of war. The authors are against war because they

He was born during World War I. He herd the old men tell the stories of what happened when they were in World War II. All of his family members went to some war in their life time. His Uncles Guadalcanal, North Africa and the battle of the Bulge, his Cousins stories of Korea. Then finally it was his and his brothers turn, they had joined the marines just in time for the for the Cuban Missile crisis. After that his friends going to Vietnam tasting defeat the only war that America has ever lost. Finally it is his sons turn and he gets the other end of the deal. He doesn’t know if his son will be able to tell him his stories of his war or if he will have to cry at his grave.

Going through an era when the Vietnam War was a smash hit in your town, many high school senior boys would be drafted out if their number was on the list of people. The men drafted had to leave behind their families and aspirations. Tim O’Brien uses different perspectives in The Things They Carried to show if something tragic happens in life, consequently dealing with it may be hard. Moving on will help in the future.

In the war, there are 2 types of people, Loyalists, people who support and follow the King’s decisions, and Patriots, people who are against the King and want independence from Britain. Even though Tim was not fighting in the war, he was fighting his

After a few years of going to church with his family fervently on Sundays, fourteen year old Sam lost his father, which later on would describe as “Only one for passion, a military life” .

The ship was cold and food was scarce. It was no condition for a little ten year old boy. He was a prisoner of the war with little hope. Snatched out of his life he was helpless and was destined to die while others lived. He asked to himself, “Why me? Why not someone else?” His death actually happened in history, but also in the novel, My Brother Sam Is Dead. It is the year 1775, the Revolutionary War is just stirring among the people and around the life of the narrator, Tim Meeker. Tim is the youngest son in a family that runs a tavern in the town of Redding. The Meeker family goes through many sufferings at the cost of war. His older brother, Sam is a Yale student who goes to war to fight the British against his father’s wishes.

Sam who is weirdly nicknamed Marshall, kept distance from Rameck and George. He walked the streets where the community thugs would rob them of money and stuff that costed something of value like jewelry. Sam had a job at McDonalds to help out at home, even though he was young he changed his birthdate so he fit the age to work there. The older boys in the neighborhood would often lead him to trouble, by his junior he was smoking or drinking and doing stuff that wasn’t really good for him. They used his car for a crime and now--- Sam is in trouble with the law

223 years ago, an innocent, ten-year-old boy died on a prison ship. His name was Jerry Sanford and he lived with Captain Starr, a local Patriot. The day Jerry was captured, British troops raided the only home he had ever known and killed several of his friends including his guardian, Daniel Starr. In My Brother Sam Is Dead, one of Jerry’s friends was a boy named Tim Meeker. He was not killed the day of the attack on Starr’s house, but witnessed the deaths from behind a rock. In the story, Tim has a brother: Samuel Meeker. He was a Patriot soldier fighting in the American Revolution for freedom, rights, and glory. Sam and Tim’s parents, however, were loyal to the British Crown and disapproved of their son fighting with the rebels. In My Brother Sam Is Dead, although both sides of the war are shown, authors James and Christopher Collier ultimately argue that war is futile.

A small family of four, living in the Tory town of Redding. Life was great Mr. and Mrs. Meeker owned a small tavern that supplies their town with food, rum, and supplies. Their son Timmy helped around the tavern and did chores, because his older brother Sam was off at college. Everyone in Redding was close and knew the Meeker family, they all admired how they had raised Sam and Timmy. Every year after college was over, Sam would come home and visit, except one.

The American Revolution was a war of principles fought by Loyalists and Patriots. However, Loyalists believed in neutrality, peace, and no brutality or treason. Therefore, Patriots believed in freedom of religion, the right to bear arms, and the right to break away from the British government. In the novel My Brother Sam is Dead created by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier, a family disputes over which side is right. James and Christopher Collier use the ironies of Life, Jerry, and Sam's death to induce Tim's decision of neutrality.

“About this time a score of savages entered into one of the english houses, to trade or to rest… they saw the house suddenly surrounded by a troop of nearly 200 armed (british) men… (The english) assuring them that they had come only to invite some of them to go to boston, to confer with the governor, on the means of keeping peace and a good understanding . The savages , a little too credulous (trusting), (sent) four of their fellow-countrymen to boston: but when they arrived there, they were diverted, (ending) in retaining them prisoners.”