Analysis: My Brother Sam Is Dead
Reading Journal 2
My Brother Sam Is Dead
The ending was not at all what I had expected even though, looking back now, it was heavily hinted towards in chapter 13 where Sam continuously talks about the cow thieves and tells Tim to get rid of them before they are stolen. To be honest I didn’t really like the ending, it was not what I would have expected or thought would happen. My real problem with the ending is that the mother (Tim and Sam's) gave up all hope, telling tim he might as well get himself killed too. I really just hated the ending because instead of wrapping the book up and tying it together it more or less caused chaos. With Sam being convicted a cow thief, being shot for it, and his mother giving up hope was, in my opinion,
a bad way of ending the book.
I think the author wrote this book to show that the revolutionary war created chaos in families and communities just like it did in the Meeker family. Sam fought with his dad over subjects of the war throughout the book, Sam and Tim’s mother started to drink more and more after the trials and lost hope are the biggest conflicts that I believe should be mentioned. The message is that there are hidden problems in any situation and it's not alway the full picture that is shown to you.
This was not particularly my favorite novel but it wasn’t too bad to make me want to stop reading it in the middle. I probably would not recommend the book to a future student if they don't really have an interest in the topic. On the other hand if they do have an interest in the subject matter the they may find it an interesting book to read. Though in my opinion I would not recommend it to other students.
My Brother Sam Is Dead
The ending was not at all what I had expected even though, looking back now, it was heavily hinted towards in chapter 13 where Sam continuously talks about the cow thieves and tells Tim to get rid of them before they are stolen. To be honest I didn’t really like the ending, it was not what I would have expected or thought would happen. My real problem with the ending is that the mother (Tim and Sam's) gave up all hope, telling tim he might as well get himself killed too. I really just hated the ending because instead of wrapping the book up and tying it together it more or less caused chaos. With Sam being convicted a cow thief, being shot for it, and his mother giving up hope was, in my opinion,
a bad way of ending the book.
I think the author wrote this book to show that the revolutionary war created chaos in families and communities just like it did in the Meeker family. Sam fought with his dad over subjects of the war throughout the book, Sam and Tim’s mother started to drink more and more after the trials and lost hope are the biggest conflicts that I believe should be mentioned. The message is that there are hidden problems in any situation and it's not alway the full picture that is shown to you.
This was not particularly my favorite novel but it wasn’t too bad to make me want to stop reading it in the middle. I probably would not recommend the book to a future student if they don't really have an interest in the topic. On the other hand if they do have an interest in the subject matter the they may find it an interesting book to read. Though in my opinion I would not recommend it to other students.