My Brother Sam Is Dead Essay

The Outcomes of War A boy dressed as a patriot fighting for his freedom wondering what would have happened if he stood home, would that be better. In the book My Brother Sam is Dead the authors wrote about a boy named Tim in between the American Revolution with his family, Sam, Susannah, and Eliphalet Meeker. The oldest son,Sam, has come back from Yale in a patriot uniform. There is one problem the head of the house, Eliphalet, is a loyalist and disagrees with war especially if his son is fighting in it. In the book although both sides of the war are shown the authors Collier and Collier ultimately argue war is futile.
One way the authors argue against war is that war tears families apart. “Go, Sam. Go. Get out of my sight. I can’t bear to look at you anymore in that vile costume. Get out.” (Collier and Collier 22). That is one example of how war tore the Meeker family apart. The Quote shows Sam getting kicked out of his home because he decided to fight in the war because he was influenced by others at Yale. “I’m too old for him to tell me what to do anymore,’Sam said” (Collier and Collier 33). That is another example of how war tears families apart because, sam no longer has any respect for his father and will no
“Father lost his temper again. He banged his hand down on the table once more ‘Sam. There’ll be no more talk in this tonight.” (Collier and Collier 8). This is one example of how war causes a clash of generations, because Eliphalet and Sam are arguing and they are come from two different generations. “I felt sort of bad about it; it was lying and lying was a sin, and so was going against your father.” (Collier and Collier 76). That quote is one other way of showing how generations were clashing because, Tim was born in another generation and he was disobeying his father. This is another way stating war is futile because it cause a clash of