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My Brother Sam Is Dead
I have read this book while teaching junior high English, but my memory on it is not very good due to the lack of interest in Revolutionary literature. I do know of an excellent website though that...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
My Brother Sam is Dead was written by Christopher Collier and James L. Collier. It is a fictional story about the Revolutionary War's disruptive impacts on a small Connecticut community. The story...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
Early in the story readers are told that Jeremiah "Jerry" Sanford is a few years younger than Tim, and we are told that they are friends and like to do a lot of things together. Readers have to...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
There isn't a definitively correct answer to this question. Part of the reason for that is because Tim is the story's narrator, and he is constantly explaining to readers that he is not ever quite...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
It is during chapter five that readers start to see Tim becoming more independent and expressing his own desires about how to contribute to the war effort. Tim still isn't sure which side he wants...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
The soldiers don't wear proper uniforms because they can't afford them. In a series of letters to his family, Sam describes how they have to live on short rations and, even in the winter, some men...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
The quote in question can be found in two different locations, but both of them can be found in chapter 13. Cattle theft has been happening for quite some time by this point in the book, and...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
My Brother Sam is Dead is a coming-of-age story for Tim Meeker. He learns a lot about war, hardship, corruption, and death. Alongside of those things Tim learns responsibilities, and many of those...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
To answer this question, it is probably best to start looking in chapter 7. It is in this chapter that Tim and his father begin their travels to Verplancks Point which is a trading post in New...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
The answer to this question can be found around the middle of chapter two. Tim and his family are at church, and of course the hot topic of conversation is about the growing conflict and Sam's...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
Tim Meeker is the narrator for My Brother Sam Is Dead, so readers get to know him quite well. Already in the first few chapters, readers get great indicators that there is a lot of love between Sam...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
Tim grows as a character from blind faith in his father and the Revolution into a teenager who is more in touch with his father's failings and the reality of the war. Here is an excerpt from here...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
The problem of the story is that Tim must choose which side of the war he's on. He's been avoiding taking sides for as long as possible, but as the war comes home to him and his family, he has to...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
Mr. Beach "like(s) peace". He tells Sam, "God meant man to obey. He meant children to obey their fathers, he meant men to obey their kings". He espouses loyalty and thinks...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
Sam hides in a number of places in the young adult novel My Brother Sam Is Dead. James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier tell the story of the fictional Meeker family of Redding, CT. Sam is...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
In the fall of 1776, Mr. Meeker must plan his usual trip to Verplancks Point to trade cattle in exchange for supplies needed by the family. Because "there's no one else to do it", Tim will...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
The actual details for this question can be found on pages 136-138 of "My Brother Sam Is Dead." Tim's mother tells him to hide the pewter in the barn and when he finishes that chore he stops...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
The reality is that the origin of the term "Brown Bess" is disputed. People have differing ideas. Here are some of them: "Brown" came from the brown color of the rifle stock. "Brown" came from an...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
William Heron is a mysterious character in the book. He comes into the tavern and asks Tim to deliver some letters for him. Tim's father refuses to let him deliver the letters but Tim decides to...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
The trip to Verplancks Point is a huge milestone for Tim. He has been looking forward to it because he is finally taking on the role of his older brother, Sam, whom he admires. However, the...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
Everything was in short supply from food to farm machinery. Sam and his mother could sell anything. The problem was that the prices kept going up. Sam give an example of selling a bag of nails...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
During this time period there was great mistrust even among neighbors; people weren't really sure which side their friends and neighbors were on. Such was the case with Mr. Heron. Rumors that he...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
When "My Brother Sam is Dead" first opens, the audience sees Tim as a wide-eyed boy. He sees war and battles as this grand adventure and he is a little disappointed that Sam gets to enlist in the...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
Tim's reason for taking the brown bess from Sam is two-fold. First, he takes the gun in the hopes of preventing Sam from joining the militia (having a weapon was a requirement for joining). He...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
The source of Mr. Heron's money is unknown, or at least it is not made clear in the book. It is true that William Heron was a surveyor, and as such, could have made "a lot of money", since, as...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
The war has torn the Meeker family apart, and Mrs. Meeker is not about to let Tim, her only remaining son, get involved in it too. The Meeker family is entangled in both sides of the war - Tim's...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
My Brother Sam is Dead focuses on the evolution of Tim Meeker as he grows from a young boy, easily accepting what the adults in his life tell him to a thoughtful young man, capable of his own...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
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...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
The biggest change that the absence of Mr. Meeker had on Tim and his mother was that they had to work so much harder than they had ever worked before. They had to keep up the farm as well as the...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
Tim's parents fight over Sam's letters mainly because Mrs. Meeker wants to respond to Sam, and Mr. Meeker does not. Mr. Meeker does not condone Sam's involvement in the war. As you can see...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
The bullet is removed from the wounded Rebel messenger, and he tells the people in the tavern that Captain Benedict Arnold will be bringing his army through Redding in order to pursue the British....
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
In the first chapter we learn that Sam is planning to go and fight for American independence. The chapter opens with his sudden return to the family after some months away (he is a student at...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
My Brother Sam is Dead is a work of historical fiction by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier that targets young adult readers. The book traces the life of Tim Meeker, a boy living in...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
Tim has been waiting for months to see Sam. Chapter 3 ends with Betsy giving Tim a signal that lets him know Sam has covertly returned for a brief visit. Chapter 4 begins with Tim being super...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
In the beginning of My Brother Sam is Dead, by authors Christopher Collier and James L. Collier, young protagonist Tim expresses feelings of confusion about the Revolutionary War, and his confusion...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
Sam fights with his father because he becomes a soldier for the Revolutionaries. Unfortunately, his father is a Loyalist and opposes Sam's decision. The argument Sam has with his father spurs on...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
Verplancks Point is on the Hudson River. Boats from New York and Albany would travel up the Hudson to do some trading. Tim's father would start gathering cattle in October. Some of the farmers...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
The Loyalists and Patriots had myriad reasons for and against the idea of going to war. In essence, the main question was whether the colonists owed their allegiance to the King of England, or...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
In chapter 12 of My Brother Sam Is Dead, Sam has returned home from the war. He tells Tim about the great hardships endured by soldiers on the front line, including hunger. Sam confesses that, when...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
Sam is convicted of being a cattle thief. The punishment for such a crime, as set forth by General Putnam of the Rebel Army, is death. Ironically, the cattle which Sam is accused of stealing...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
According to historical records for the city of Redding, Connecticut, Tom Warrups' grandfather's name was Chief Chickens Warrups.As presented in the novel "My Brother Sam Is Dead", Tom...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
Sam argues that he cannot get his Patriot uniform dirty. Tim tells him to borrow clothes from Father. Sam then reveals a secret to Tim. He says that he is wearing the uniform because he must,...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
In My Brother Sam Is Dead, Tim’s dad, Mr. Eliphalet Meeker, doesn’t want to buy another rifle, because he needs only one, and he doesn’t want Sam to take it in the first place: he doesn't want...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
My brother Sam Is Dead is a young adult historical fiction novel that is set during the time of the American Revolution. The main character—Tim Meeker—is a 14-year-old young man who is caught...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
This chapter is similar to the previous chapters in that it is set in the time period of the Revolutionary War in the town of Redding, Connecticut. Before Chapter Five begins, the realities of the...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
Throughout the young adult novel My Brother Sam is Dead by Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier, Tim idolizes Sam. Sam is his outgoing, impetuous. older brother. Tim attends Sam’s...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
In chapter 7 of "My Brother Sam Is Dead," Life Meeker was getting cattle together to try and get ready to travel to Verplancks Point. Every year in November Meeker travelled to Verplancks Point to...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
Sam has been arrested for stealing his own cattle. Mrs. Meeker doesn't understand why General Putman won't just let him go. Col. Read comes to the tavern and explains that Sam is in bad trouble...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
Do you mean Mr. Heron? Mr. Heron arrives at the tavern to order a keg of rum. However, he is really there to inquire about having Tim run an errand. Tim jumps at the chance to participate in...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
The person who actually asks the question "Who shot first?" is Mr. Beach the Minister. I could see how you get confused about this because Sam's father is present at the table while the story is...