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samantiiux
samantiiux
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High School - 9th Grade

What is the conflict of the book My Brother Sam Is Dead?

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Posted by samantiiux on Sunday November 30, 2008 at 11:07 AM and tagged with conflict, my brother sam is dead, themes.

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  1. mleafe
    mleafe Teacher
    Middle School

    eNotes Editor

    The book My Brother Sam Is Dead takes place during the Revolutionary War.  Since it is a historical fiction young adult novel, it is based on real places and historical themes, although the characters themselves are made up.  It is complicated in that Sam and his father each take a different side during the war.  Without giving away the ending, Sam's brother learns about the hard times of war and grows up learning about his father and brother's differences and similarities.  I think it is similar to the movie The Patriot in many ways.  If you have seen the movie, you will understand what I am saying when you see the struggle between Mel Gibson's character and his son, the war hero.

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    Posted by mleafe on Sunday November 30, 2008 at 11:16 AM

  2. trwirth27
    trwirth27 Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    well...........

      there are lots of different answers to that Q.  some may be..........

    Tim cant pick a side

    Sam took brown bess (Life's Gun)

    patriots took sam for a cattle thief

    Life doesnt trust sam

    life and tim rune into the cow-boys on their way to verplanks point, and on the way home, the captured life..........and he died

    those are some answers 4 u, i hopped they helped!

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    Posted by trwirth27 on Wednesday February 25, 2009 at 6:05 PM

  3. littletwit
    littletwit Student
    High School - 11th Grade

    Sam's family are all tories, but sam is a rebel(patriot) and nobody but the rebels agree with him   

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    Posted by littletwit on Wednesday March 11, 2009 at 7:41 PM

  4. rudefemale14
    rudefemale14

    in the book my brother sam is dead what is the effect of not having father around the house to help out with the business on page 128?

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    Posted by rudefemale14 on Monday April 13, 2009 at 4:00 PM

  5. rudefemale14
    rudefemale14

    in the book my brother sam is dead why did the business seem to be soing well but in the otherhand it wasn't?name at least three examples of the problem of supply and demand. on page 128-130 

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    Posted by rudefemale14 on Monday April 13, 2009 at 4:07 PM