Short Story: My Brother's Murder

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My Brother Sam Is Dead by Coller and Coller is a story about a boy named Tim Meeker and how his family falls apart during the Revolutionary War. Throughout the story, Tim is confronted with a life changing dilemma. His father is a Loyalist and his elder brother Sam is a Patriot. He knows that no matter what side he chooses in this war, he will end up fighting his flesh and blood. As the story progresses, Coller and Coller paints a vivid picture of how Tim changes from a boy to a man .

I, Detective Wilde, am being assigned the opportunity of a lifetime! Solving the murder of Richard Webster is what's going to determine whether I receive a spotlight in the newspaper. Business has been slow lately so this will help pick it up. Ahead of the interrogation, I gathered data on the victim and each of the suspects. Some background research shows that the Webster Network of co-workers are troubled: Richard, a class A jerk, Hugh, a broken businessman, Rita, in a troublesome relationship, H.T., a misanthrope, Dee, too loyal, Del, a sloth and victim’s cousin, Justin, once jailed for computer hacking. I am going to tactfully style my questions so they will be spouting a fountain of truth. According to my calculations, everyone who is

It has been almost 21 years since the murder of a little six-year-old girl by the name of JonBenet Ramsey of Boulder Colorado. Her parents were John and Patsy Ramsey. The question remains til this day “Who killed JonBenet?”

“But somehow, fifty years later, I keep thinking that there might have been another way, besides war, to achieve the same end” (Collier and Collier 211). The quote shows how there could possibly be another way to solve the British and Patriots’ argument. In James and Christopher Collier’s historical fiction book, My Brother Sam Is Dead, the story takes place during the American Revolution which occurred in 1775. To many people in the book, both sides believe that war is always unfair. War could tear families or people apart or bring them together as a group to fight. The Patriots fight for their own freedom by revolting and creating the American Revolution. In the historical fiction novel, My Brother Sam Is Dead, there

"In war the dead pay the debts for the living," (Collier and Collier 167). The real cost of war is so great that the thought of paying the price is rather unfathomable. In My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier we get a glimpse into the lives of not only the Meekers but the people of their town and we observe the price they paid for one of the biggest and most powerful wars of our American history, The American Revolution. In this historical fiction, Tim Meeker must choose whether he wants to be a loyal subject to the king of England or a rebellious and freedom yearning American Patriot like his role model and brother, Sam Meeker. By 13-year-old Tim Meeker and ten-year-old

On January 31, 2013, while walking to the courthouse in Kaufman County, Texas, Mark Hasse was shot and killed. Two months later, on the Saturday before Easter 2013, Mike and Cynthia McLelland were murdered in their home. Medical examiners testified that Mike and Cynthia were each shot numerous times (“Eric Williams Murder Trial Begins in Rockwall”). Prosecutors said the couple died in a “torrent of lead” (“Eric Williams Found Guilty in Kaufman Co. Murder Trial”).

During the Revolutionary War people were treated horrifically, some lost their homes, and many lost their lives. In the book, My Brother Sam is Dead by Collier and Collier, shows the realism of war. The book about the Revolutionary War explains how war tears families apart, causes a clash of generations, and how the reality of the war wins over the principle. The writers, Collier and Collier, of the book My Brother Sam is Dead shows both sides of the Revolutionary War, but they ultimately agree that the war is barbaric.

In the case of the three murdered eight-year olds, West Memphis police department’s investigative work led to a numbered list of suspects. Some of the suspects were quickly ruled out while others took a little more investigative work. In the end, the list of suspects was shortened until all who remained were Christopher Morgan, Mr. Bojangles, John Mark Byers, Terry Hobbs, and the

It all started on Tuesday of March 11, 2003 in a home located in downtown Brownsville. What seemed like a usual Tuesday evening turned into a dark, cold, and gruesome night for the city of Brownsville. “The Rubio Murder House”, apartment and home to a couple who took the lives of 3-year old little girl, 1-year-old baby boy, and 2-month-old infant girl. The children were horrifically and viciously stabbed and decapitated by their mother and father and later put into garbage bags to dispose of the bodies. John Allen Rubio, along with his wife, Angela Camacho, brutally murdered their children because they believe and had illusions that the children were possessed by demons. Despite the Rubio family members having a background of mentally, and

In the book my Brother Sam is Dead, by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier, I noticed a strong theme; how war divides individuals, families, communities, and countries. This book takes place during the Revolutionary War, and Tim Meeker, the narrator, has a Father who is a Loyalist and a brother, Sam, who is a Patriot. Sam goes off to fight for the Patriots, and hard times come because of the war . When Father and Tim are coming back from Verplancks’ Point, Father gets kidnapped by cow-boys. He is then killed in a British prison ship. Sam is killed because he is taken in as cattle thief, which he really wasn’t. He is then executed. The Meeker family is then torn up because of the war, with half of the family dead. I will show you

The reporters and police interview Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry in the hospital waiting room. Sodapop jokes with the reporters and hospital staff. The doctors finally come and say that Dally will be fine but that Johnny’s back was broken when the roof caved in. Even if Johnny survives, they add, he will be permanently disabled. The next morning, Ponyboy is making breakfast when Steve Randle (Sodapop’s best friend) and Two-Bit come in with the morning newspaper. The papers draw Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally as heroes for rescuing the schoolchildren. They also mention Ponyboy’s excellent performance on the track team, in school. The papers mention that the state will charge Johnny with manslaughter and send both Ponyboy and Johnny to juvenile court.

The theme in the novel My Brother Sam is Dead, is that life and liberty is forgotten in war. This is shown when Jeremy Sanders is taken away for no reason when the tories ambushed his home. Another instance is when Tim’s Father, Life, had been treated very unfairly and nobody cared for his life or liberty, was when he was for selling his cattle. Sam’s life was forgotten when he was trying to save his family's cattle but then later he got framed for stealing his own cattle. That is why life and liberty is forgotten in war.

The book I read is called My Brother Sam is Dead. This book is written by James Lincoln Collier and also Christopher Collier, the genre of this book is Historical Drama. The setting of My Brother Sam is Dead are that times are hard and they seem to not be getting much better. The Meekers (Sam, Tim, Life, and Susannah) are having a very rough time making money and also living. Sam is off fighting in the war for the Rebels (p.40) against the British, which made it harder for the Meekers due to the fact that they had less people to help out.

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