... , Connecticut during the American Revolutionary War in the 1770's. My Brother Sam Is Dead was written by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier. This book is narrated by the main character by Tim Meeker. The Meeker family was managing absolutely fine until Sam told his loyalist family that he would be fighting the British ... and become a rebel. As the war continued, Tim had to make a choice to either become a loyalist like his father, who he admired and loved, or become a rebel like his brother ... are very rarely used to get around. Cars are our main transportation. I fell that ...

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... focuses on their lives during the Revolutionary War. Tim is the younger of the two brothers. He is fourteen at the beginning of the story, while Sam is attending college at Yale. Tim is clever, responsible, and hard working. He is quieter than Sam who is loud and bold like his father. Tim admires his older brother and tries to impress Sam and prove himself to him. As the story ... the town has a short supply of food and prices are going up, causing some people to starve. People have little money and are barely managing to survive. The theme of My Brother Sam is Dead is don't avoid chall...

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... He fights at some well known towns, Lexington and the city of Concord. For a long time Sam is sort of absent from the book. Sam still writes letters often to family but not much talks about him for awhile. Then Sam's brother Tim gets a job. He becomes a letter carrier and messenger. Tim works for a guy named ... Mr. Wharrups. What he does is he delivers letters from the American side to the British side. Some of the letters are addressed ... nothing serious enough to cause war. Tim's ambivalence between his father's loyalty to the English crown and his brother's soldier patriotism is r...

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• Grade Level: High School

... in opposition to the protagonist of a literary work. "A Hero is someone who is willing to sacrifice his own needs on behalf of others- (Vogler 39) Sophocles" Antigone, Shakespeare's Romeo, and Fugord's Sam all show this heroic trait. "Antigone" is a drama written by Sophocles. Antigone fits the character of a hero, because she wanted to bury her brother no matter what the consequences. She was angered by ... a Capulet? O dear account! My life is my foe's debt." (Shakespeare 289) He knew his acceptance with his family would be in danger if he married with a Capulet. Another example of Ro...

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... think of the man. But soon enough, the police discover that the man is dead. Sure enough, the heirs of Mr. Westing are invited to the reading of his will. In his will, it is announced that his life was taken away by one of his heirs and they ... . Westing, he has interest in chess. Father was the childhood sweet-heart of Sam Westing's daughter, Violet. Violet killed herself before the wedding. His associate is Doug Hoo. Christos Theodorakis is 15 years old. He is the younger brother of Theo. He is confined in a wheelchair due to a disease that struck four years ago. He ... and Turtle W...

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• Grade Level: High School