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My Brother Sam Is Dead: My brother sam is dead is about a boy who comes home from college and announces to his family that he is going into the army. His parents are appalled with it but his brother, Tom, was admiring his brother. One day the two boys go outside to do some chores. Sam tells Tom about his plan to steal his father's gun in order to be in the army. Tom does not like Sam’s plan but there is nothing that Tom can do to stop him. Later that night, Sam gets in a fight with a man named Mr. Meeker, and Sam runs away from home. The next day the family goes to church and afterward Tom goes and finds Sam in a little hut where he has been hiding out and staying in. When Tom goes to the hut he tries to convince Sam to not go to war, but

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