My+Brother+Sam+Is+Dead

= = My Brother Sam Is Dead

Characters
Tim Sam Father Betsy

Tim: Tim is a Tory he is always confidents about himself Tom: Tom is kind, and caring Sam: Sam is a Patriot he doesn't listen Father: Father is mean and self centered Betsy: Betsy is kind and caring and also can be mean sometimes

media type="custom" key="6245891" =Rising action= Sam goes to war when his father tells him he can't go. Tim tells Sam that he can't go to war. Tim and Sam get in a fight because Sam said he will take their father's gun. Tim and Sam get in a fight again because Sam won't help Tim milk Old Pru. Sam goes to war. =Problem= Tim doesn't wan't Sam to go to war. =Climax= Sam dies at the end. Sam dies because someone thought he was a cattle thief so he or she shot him.

Tim and Sam are fighting because Tim doesn't want Sam to go to war because it is dangerous. Tim said to Sam that he will tell father that Sam is going to war, and Sam is going to take father's gun. Sam and father get in a fight because Tim told father that Sam is going to war,and is going to take his gun. Tim got mad at Sam because Sam wouldn't help Tim milk Old Pru whaen he had to. Tim told Sam that he would tell father because Sam wouldn't help milk Old Pru. Old Pru is Sam and Tim's cow, but Tim is the only one who takes care of him. The only reason that Sam is not taking care of Old Pru is because father and Tim won't let him go to war' but he does anyway.

My Opinion
My opinion of this book is that it is interesting. Sam runs away because he was in a fight with his father. The story is also sad because Sam's father dies at the end.

The Setting
The setting of the book is in Redding Ridge. In the past.

Genre
Historical Nonfiction