sing with their cattle, so he went running after them. Tim got all of their remaining cattle back into the barn but the two men who had stolen the cattle beat up Sam and blamed him for stealing the cattle, which the penalty for that was to be executed. Tim and his mom fought to get Sam released but nothing they did worked and he ended up being shot to death February 16, 1778. Title:My Brother Sam Is Dead. What is it about that statement that develops the book so much? I think that when you start reading the book that the title interests you and draws you to read it more. There are so many different ways that it can be interpreted you don’t know what to expect until your done with the book and all the pieces fit together. The statement ends up telling everyone that Tim’s brother Sam died.Quote:“In war the dead pay the debts of the living.” This was Mr. Meeker’s favorite quote. I think that he meant that not always the guilty die but the people that do die, die for the guilty and people who have sinned. That quote explained what happened to Sam and his father both eventually dying for no reason because someone didn’t like them or didn’t care. This reminded me about how fast people can turn on you and you don’t really have to do anything to deserve it.Opinion:This book shows how life was in the 1700’s and how we should be thankful for what we have now and don’t always know how good we have it. It also tells how life isn’t always fair and how other people pay for our mistakes. A lot of the time we think that we’re always right no matter what. No one can ever tell us that we aren’t, but that’s not always true. Sometimes we don’t have our priorities straight and that eventually ends up getting you into trouble....
