My Brother Sam Is Dead: The Cause Of War
In the book “My Brother Sam is Dead” Sam wanted to go to war but his father didn’t want him to go. Sam went anyway and then when he came home he was accused of stealing cows and was shot to death. Sam’s father Eliphalet (Life) and Sam’s brother tim went to verplanks to get some goods and on the way home life was kidnapped and sent to a prison ship where he later died.Life was more right than Sam . Sam wanted to go war but life didn’t want him to go. The reason life didn’t want him to go was because him has seen the terrible things of war. He also doesn’t want to lose part of his family in the war. Life is afraid of war because it kills many people. In the book life was right and sam payed for his decision.
First, life has seen the terrible things of war. Life said “Have you ever seen a dear friend lying in the grass with the top of his skull off and his brains sliding out of him like wet oats.” Life said this because he has been to war …show more content…
and seen the terrible things about it. Life also said “I carried my best friends body back to his mother-sewed up in a sack.” Life doesn’t want to lose his son in the war like he did his best friend.
Second, life doesn’t want to lose any of his family in the war.
Life said “Sam it isn’t worth it. He said this meaning is it worth dieing for the cause of war. “Life had his head on the table crying.” He said this because Sam had decided to go war anyway.
Last, life is afraid of war because many people die in war. Sam was shot because two cattle thieves turned him in for stealing his own cows even though they were the ones that stole the cows. Sam was killed because of the war so life was right about people dying in war. Life was sent to a prison ship and died of cholera. Life died even though he did nothing and thought that it would all blow over and be safe.
In the book “My Brother Sam is Dead” sam went to war and life and Tim were upset. Sam came home and was killed for stealing his own cows. Life and Tim went to verplanks to collect some goods and life was kidnapped and sent to a prison ship where he died. As you can see Sam made a bad choice and went to war and died because of it. Life was right about
war.
First, life has seen the terrible things of war. Life said “Have you ever seen a dear friend lying in the grass with the top of his skull off and his brains sliding out of him like wet oats.” Life said this because he has been to war …show more content…
and seen the terrible things about it. Life also said “I carried my best friends body back to his mother-sewed up in a sack.” Life doesn’t want to lose his son in the war like he did his best friend.
Second, life doesn’t want to lose any of his family in the war.
Life said “Sam it isn’t worth it. He said this meaning is it worth dieing for the cause of war. “Life had his head on the table crying.” He said this because Sam had decided to go war anyway.
Last, life is afraid of war because many people die in war. Sam was shot because two cattle thieves turned him in for stealing his own cows even though they were the ones that stole the cows. Sam was killed because of the war so life was right about people dying in war. Life was sent to a prison ship and died of cholera. Life died even though he did nothing and thought that it would all blow over and be safe.
In the book “My Brother Sam is Dead” sam went to war and life and Tim were upset. Sam came home and was killed for stealing his own cows. Life and Tim went to verplanks to collect some goods and life was kidnapped and sent to a prison ship where he died. As you can see Sam made a bad choice and went to war and died because of it. Life was right about
war.