Preview

A Brief Summary Of War

Satisfactory Essays
Open Document
Open Document
498 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
A Brief Summary Of War
Summary-
It all starts out in Redding, Connecticut with a boy named Tim Meeker. Tim is a young boy who has always wanted to be like his brother, because being like his brother means he will attend college at yale and make their father proud. All was going as planned until one day when Tim’s older brother Sam shows up at home from college unannounced. Tim and his family soon learn that Sam has come home to retrieve their father's gun, because he has decided to fight in the war. Before anyone could stop him Sam ran away and no one has heard from him since. One day Tim’s brother returned home once again with a purpose this time he had to ask Tim something. Sam asked Tim if he wanted to fight with him in the war knowing that it meant fighting against their father and their friends. So Tim is left with this huge decision that he has to answer fast and his time is running out. After considering it all and losing his father to the opposing team Tim decides to go Anti-war and doesn’t choose either side. In the end Sam died due to the fact that he was falsely accused of stealing his family's cattle, but was found guilty by a man who wanted to prove a point to Sam and the others that if you left his side you would face the consequences. SO in the end even though Tim lost his father and brother he was happy with his decision to become Anti-War and
…show more content…
THe reason I picked loyalty is because throughout the entire book someone is always showing their loyalty to their own. Tim stays loyal to his father when he threatens to shoot Sam because he won’t give him the gun. Sam however stays loyal to the patriots and tries to convince Tim to do the same. Tims loyalty lied with his father and their community but he never denied Sam as his leader or older brother. THroughout the book there are things that take place that test their loyalty , but none of them broke and when Tim did he remained loyal to himself by becoming

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    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.…

    • 647 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    In chapter six of Michael C.C Adams book he argues against the myth that war ushered in a time of prosperity for Americans. And one can defiantly see how his argument holds true not only by the historical facts he uses to disprove the myth that war ushered in a time of prosperity. Adams also brings into his argument the issue of race, and how there was almost no unity in the face of war between the races. Also to add to his argument to disprove the myth he also states that prosperity affected a select few such as large businesses as where small businesses went for broke. All these issues add up to a time of prosperity being a big myth that Americans have brought into for generations.…

    • 845 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Embedded in a push and pull between two different parties, the citizens and peasants of South Vietnam found themselves left with a choice: stand and defend their own government, or join the revolutionary movement of the Vietcong. Although both sides claim that they were winning the war and fighting for the people, speculation has to be cast on which one really was. In Jeffery Race’s book, War Comes to Long An, Race makes an argument for the Vietcong that is hard to refuse.…

    • 751 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    He had to drive the cart from Verplancks home, and the British attacked Redding. Tim was confused because he thought that Sam was fighting for a good cause but after this his mind began to change a bit. With all of the drama and madness going on Tim had to decide which side he was for, this was a major part of the book and a very important decision. But instead of choosing a side, he chooses to not choose, to become anti-war. When the book is slowly but gradually coming to an end, Sam gets falsely accused of stealing cows. Tim and his mother tried desperately to save Sam from getting killed but all of their attempts failed, so on one awful day Sam gets…

    • 530 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Dealing with enemies has been a problem since the beginning of time. "I never killed anybody," Gene had commented later in his life, "And I never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy. Because my war ended before I ever put on a uniform, I was on active duty all my time at Devon; I killed my enemy there." In A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, the value of dealing with enemies is shown by Gene, who was dealing with few human enemies, but his emotions created far greater rivals than any human could ever posses.…

    • 768 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    To begin with, Sam, Tim Meeker’s brother and mentor, decides to fight as a Patriot in the…

    • 1054 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Marsden has had his books translated into ten languages including Swedish, Norwegian, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Italian, Polish and Spanish.…

    • 642 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    After reading the book My Brother Sam is Dead, I realized the plot of the book wasn’t what I expected. Judging by the title, you’d think the book is about a guy named Sam, but it’s really about his brother, Tim. The story takes place during a period of war, and Tim, as the narrator, has to witness his father and brother disagree over which side they are on, the Loyalists or the Rebels. Disobeying his father, Sam goes to war to fight the Loyalists, and Tim is stuck at home worried about his brother, but also admires his brother for his bravery. The war had a huge effect on Tim’s personality. As the book goes on, Tim grows up due to the situations war put him through. Tim has grown up immensely throughout the book by gaining responsibilities,…

    • 1061 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    On January 22, 1917, Woodrow Wilson made one final, attempt to avert war, delivering a moving address that correctly declared only a “peace without victory” (beating Germany without embarrassing them) would be lasting.…

    • 1407 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Terror Of War Summary

    • 533 Words
    • 3 Pages

    The photo The Terrors of War by Nick Ut demonstrates his experience as a Vietnamese-American photographer by showing children screaming in pain from napalm followed by undisturbed soldiers in the face of a bombing. Ut is a photojournalist for the Associated Press whose projects include extensive documentation of the the Vietnam war in South Vietnam. This photo emotionally appeals to the viewer by depicting a naked girl screaming in pain from the war. The girl is surrounded by other screaming children and nonchalant soldiers walking over a desolate, smokey wasteland, showing the destruction caused by war. Ut’s photo serves as anti-war propaganda by showing how war affects the powerless Vietnamese that are killed by the horrors of war every single day.…

    • 533 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    “Principle, Sam? You may know principle, Sam, but I know war.” (Collier and Collier 21). In the book My Brother Sam is Dead Mr. Meeker is Sam Meeker's father. They disagree on whether war is beneficial or just simply awful. The authors have Sam join the war and his father against the war. Mr. Meeker knows about the terrible things war does to people. First, war turns families against each other. If one is stuck in the middle of sides, like Tim, it can become a nasty place to be. Secondly, families from generations to generations fight and argue against each other. Also, when people get killed for no reason, it becomes shameful for people, and is gruesome. In My Brother Sam Is Dead, although both sides of war are shown, authors James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier ultimately argue that war is futile.…

    • 758 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    War Made Easy Analysis

    • 282 Words
    • 2 Pages

    In “War Made Easy” , narrator Sean Penn steers us to look at American military conflicts from the perspective of the hard sell. Media/political critic Norman Solomon accuses the Bush administration of using misleading language, news manipulation, half-truths and complete lies to win public support for military actions of questionable necessity.…

    • 282 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    In “The Moral Equivalent of War,” William James explores the reasons behind the existence of war. A self-identifying pacifist, he proposes an alternative solution: “[an enlistment] against Nature,” (1291), which retains the virtues of a war but prevents its pains and sufferings. James also compares the differing perspectives of utopias: militarism and pacifism while identifying flaws in each of them. Militarism perceives war as a preservation technique for ideals, patriotism, courage, and other merit of the like. James refers to militarist General Homer Lea’s “The Valor of Ignorance,” which argues that nations remain in a state of either growth or decline, and without a strong “Caesar” (1286) to keep the nation unified, the nation will disintegrate.…

    • 363 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Military theory spans centuries of conflict all across the world. As such, military theorists have written in a variety of military climates, varying from the absence of gun powder to the presence of nuclear weapons. However, some military theories are transcendent. Some elements of Sun Tzu and Clausewitz are eternally wise. While their similarities may become universal truths, their differences are equally worthy of study because, it is in the differences where choices are made. Sun Tzu and Clausewitz agreed that war is chaos, military action is a tool for diplomatic goals and, as such, the results of warfare are not final. Their differences lie in how they advocate for waging war. The style and preparations for war contrast. This is where…

    • 697 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    task of making sounds, including an alien ship opening, sound authentic. They came up with very good sound effects, like putting a jar in the toilet and opening and closing the lid.…

    • 512 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays