Ready or not War is here
“Give me Liberty, or give me death!” The war can be very sad and disappointing. In the book, My brother Sam is Dead(Collier and Collier), Sam goes out for the war and becomes a patriot. Of course, the Father, Mr. Meeker did not approve of it. Mr. Meeker is right because Sam is still just a kid. He shouldn’t be in the war fighting for his freedom.
Mr. Meeker hates the war, he hates it even more because Sam is in it. War is basically a fifty-fifty chance of dying or living. It can be very heart breaking especially if people have family in the war. In the book, My Brother Sam is Dead(Collier and Collier). Once Sam goes in the war Tim, his younger brother, feels like he needs to be more mature and help around the house more since his older brother is gone.
Tim feels like war is hard but he knows that it makes a difference for his family and his colonies. Tim thinks that the war is making him realize that he is the man of the house when father and Sam are gone. Tim gets a lot more mature as the time passes in the book. Tim tries to rescue Sam from being captured, he goes to deliver letters for Mr.Heron by himself, and he goes with Mr. Meeker to deliver cattle, but ends up getting stopped by cowboys.
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Meeker and Sam died because of the war but, Sam has died from execution. He was executed because he stole cattle from his own family's farm. During the execution Sam’s mother, Mrs. Meeker didn’t want to go watch her son die. So, Tim decided to go so he can claim the body. Sam rode up on a wagon with his hands tied in the back and Tim yelled at Sam so Sam knew he was there. Sam looked up and smirked. Once the wagon got completely to the stage they picked Sam up and brought him the the center of the stage. At the center was a priest and they covered Sam's head with a cloth and shot him. Mr. Meeker's death was a lot different than Sam's death. Mr. Meeker died because of a disease on a British prison
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.
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
In “My Brother Sam is dead”, James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier portrayed Tim as a very brave man, smart man, and quick to grow into his role as the man of his house. Tim was a hard worker and a respectful kid. He did all that he could to keep his household running and was eventually rewarded for his hard work by being a successful
about the war and his lack of place in his old society. The war becomes
Most of this story revolves around experiences that Tim O’Brien has had. And he certainly has changed from the beginning of the story (speaking chronologically) where he was no more than a scared civilian, who would do anything to escape such a fate as the draft. He would eventually become the war-hardened slightly cocky veteran that he is now. But it is only through his experiences that he would become who he is today. Through all the things he has witnessed. Whether it be watching curt lemon be almost literally "blown to heaven" to having killed a man and making assumptions about who he truly was. He made not have been most affected by the war, but it was he who was described in the most detail, due to the fact that he was describing in first person
Tim O’Brien is doing the best he can to stay true to the story for his fellow soldiers. Tim O’Brien believed that by writing the story of soldiers in war as he saw it brings some type of justice to soldiers in a war situation.
With Jim and Wilson by his side, Henry and his men with different outlooks on the war will fight and be the ideal team. Being the youngest of three men Henry desires honor along with a high reputation and will let nothing stand in his way. Jim was pragmatized about war. If the other soldier's were going to fight he was going to fight with them. Being classified as the "Loud soldier" and transitioning to a more mature man, Wilson undergoes many trials. These hardships show him the true meaning of life and how insignificant his life when there are other lives in the mix. As war wages on these men will fight for their own personal cause's and together will strive for a victory.
Tim allows the readers to see that he has remorse about how he took action to stop the Viet Cong soldier as he thinks repetitively about the repugnant attack. Tim is also shown as the character that never really talks and is very quiet, which in turn shows that he is guilty and ashamed. Azar happens to be the soldier that is there to complete his job and does not show any sorrow for any actions that may occur. “Oh, man, you fuckin’ trash the fucker” (125). In the novel, Azar shows that he actually enjoys the work of war and it does not really seem to bother him.
In the The Things They Carried there was a line saying”They carried their reputations.They carried the soldiers greatest fear, which was the fear of blushing.Men killed, and died, because they were embarrassed not to.” That is basically saying that these kids are sent to war by the government basically, and in this specific war there is a lot of fatalities. So sending a person to this war is basically like suicide to them. This quote gives you a basic summarization of the whole book. All of the problems in this is caused by them going to war and either dying, or having the fear of death.
Charley, a young boy looking to prove he can handle what a man can handle, and he believes serving in the war will do just that for him. Charley, a fifteen year old boy, so if he is going to enlist in the war he will have to scheme something up to get in because he is too young to enlist. Charley’s mother doesn't want him to go, but she knows
...as nice to know what the book was talking about when it mentioned places, people, and battles like Cold Harbor, the Battle of Manassas, the Wilderness, Sergeant Evans, General Grant, “Bobby Lee”, etc. I liked the way the author ended the book, the fact that both his friend, Hank, and his father died, made it more realistic. If I were in his shoes, I probably would’ve run away to the army also. It’s sad how their barn house was burned by the Confederates. He must’ve thought there to be a lot of glory in the war to have run away instead of do chores at the farm. I’m sure a lot of young men at that time wanted to be a part of the war just like Jem and Hank. I admire how Jem loved his father so much, and wanted to follow him to the war. He didn’t want to only go into the war for the glory like his friend Hank, but he believed that the slaves should be set free. His family had their share of slaves, but in the book they were treated well. The details of Jem’s daily life as a soldier are interwoven with vivid depictions of actual battles and historical figures in this taut, fast-paced story. And that’s what I like about this book. It brings alive the realities of war and its aftermath.
What point of view does each character show in regards to their attitude to the war?
“Every war is everyone’s war”... war will bring out the worst in even the strongest and kindest people. The book tells about how ones greed for something can destroy everything for both people and animals leaving them broken beyond repair, leaving them only with questions… Will they ever see their family again? Will they ever experience what it’s like to
After reading this very dramatic book I expected a dramatic ending with, maybe, the death of one his close friends that only had a couple days left in Vietnam just like him. I was a little disappointed, but I guess it got its job done. It wrapped up the book very nice; it just wasn't as exciting as the rest of the book. If you are interested in war books that can sometimes get a little graphic I would definitely recommend this book to you. It is a really easy book to get lost in the reading; he describes everything in great detail and makes it really easy to picture what is going on in your head. If you read his book you too will find out about Tim O'Brien's struggles in boot camp and also as a foot soldier in Vietnam.
Tim O’Brien is drafted one month after graduating from Macalester College to fight a war he hated. Tim O’Brien believed he was above the war, and as a result pursued the alternative of escaping across the border to Canada. This understandable act is what Tim O’Brien considers an embarrassment to himself, and to others. When Tim O’Brien finds accommodation on the border to Canada, he meets Elroy Berdahl who eventually influences Tim O’Brien, to change. Elroy Berdahl acts as a mentor to Tim, a figure that remains detached in the sense that he must provide enough support and understanding without being attached to the results.