My Brother Sam Is Dead Quotes

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, …show more content…
Tim showed signs of maturity after the trip to Verplanck’s point and he realized he was no longer a child. For example, in the book, My Brother Sam is Dead, it states, “I wasn’t acting my usual self, I was acting more like a grownup. You couldn’t say that I was really an adult, but I wasn’t a child anymore, that was certain.”(C. Collier and J. Collier 133). This quote refers to his thoughts, how he was now in charge of getting things done and his family, or rather his mother, was depending on his contributions for survival. At this point he must now step up to the challenge and become independent and mature as the man of the house, so he did. Tim grew mature not only in his actions, but in his mindset. According to the book, My Brother Sam is Dead, it states, “Not that I cared which side we sold the to, but the Loyalists were the ones who had money—they had the whole English exchequer behind them.”(C. Collier and J. Collier 170). This quote refers to the money situation, Tim explains how the war has really taken a toll on food, so in order to provide for themselves, they sold anything they can get their hands on, to anyone. Tim didn’t care what side he sold things to, even though Sam was at war with the Loyalists, and in any moment Sam could be slaughtered, Tim basically put his feelings aside. Tim gained all these new characteristics throughout the book, but he improved upon his …show more content…
Tim being the younger brother, lived in his brother’s shadow and admired his brother’s every move, but throughout the story he realized he was as brave as Sam. Tim showed bravery and courage when the tavern was invaded by the rebel troops and his parents were in danger. For example, in the book, My Brother Sam is Dead, it explains how rebel troops were confiscating all weapons from the loyalist, and redding being a tory country, was invaded. Tim walked in on his mother and father being threatened by rebel soldiers and their officer to hand over the weapons, but the only weapon they had was in Sam’s possession . Tim's father explained, “‘I don't have it anymore,’ Father shouted, ‘My loyal son Samuel; stole it to go play soldier boy.’” (C. Collier and J. Collier 50). In fear something would happen to his parents Tim, ran over to Tom Warrups’ where Sam was staying and got ahold of the family gun. Tim didn’t end up getting the weapon back home because Sam stopped him and convinced him not to turn in the gun. But overall Tim was brave, instead of standing there in fear watching his father be pushed around by the rebel officer, he took action knowing he could have been caught by another rebel officers. Tim also showed lots of bravery in the last chapters of the book when he attempted to help Sam escape prison and avoid him being killed. Sam was accused of stealing