Rachel

Hi!, My name is Rachel. Im really excited about reading My Brother Sam is Dead. My emotional response for this chapter is that i am a little angry at Mr. Meeker for fighting at Sam for telling his father the colonies should be free. Im also happy for Sam about being his own person and wanting something different from his father. If i had to agree on Sam or Sam's father about the Revolution, I would agree with Sam because every country should be free. It is also not fair for "the lobsterbacks" to be taxing the colonies even when there so far away.

P.S. I really hope we can have a pizza party soon!

So far My Brother Sam is Dead is great! I would not tell my Father that Sam had come back, because
I think my Father would get a little mad and try to find Sam. Also because Sam doesn't want to be
found, especially when he is in a Tory country. It's kind of like if your playing hide-and-seek,your
found,and you know where your friend is, should you tell the seeker? I think Betsy's role in this
story is to tell Tim when Sam is coming back,to help Sam stay hidden and be like a spy. Mayby later
on in the story Betsy tells Tim more about Sam. I like Betsy. I think she is good at keeping
promises,and always comes through for Tim and Sam.
- Rachel

I am really liking My Brother Sam is Dead so far. It is very suspenseful. When the Rebel officers were "interacting"
with Tim's father, I was really nervous. My heart was beating so fast when the Officer raised his sword at Mr Meeker, because I
didn't want him to die. I know that Mr. Meeker had a big temper; but if he died, Tim would be devastated. If I was Tim I would have
done the same thing, because I wouldn't want my father to die knowing I could have done something about it. I was so happy when Sam took the gun away because I did not want Sam to die, and I really thought that Tim would shoot. Also I was shocked because it was really risky and both of them would have been killed. This Chapter is my very favorite chapter so far. Keep up with the reading
everyone!!!
- Rachel

Hello! Just giving you a second update on Chapter 4 of My Brother Sam Is Dead! At the end of the chapter
Father yelled "Sam. Come back Sam." I think father's next words would be - "Im Sorry" or "Please, I miss you.",
because I think father would be sad, because he missed his son. Also I was reminded of his temper, so he also
might have said - "Why didn't you give the gun to the Officers?" or "I would have died because of you stealing that gun!"
- Rachel

Hi again! I think Tim calls Sam a coward because he really wanted to get Sam to go see father. I really think Sam is not
a coward because he joined the army, which is a very courageous thing to do, and he talked back to his father
which is a risk because father would have hit him. Also he slept with a gun and attacked Tim who had a gun with his
finger on the trigger.
See You Next Chapter!
-Rachel

This is my responce on Chapter 5. In this chapter Tim says, "The war had always seemed like a story---
something that happend in some faraway place or faraway time, and it didn't have anything to do with me."
Then after the search for wepons, when the officers came and "interacted" with Tim's father, that made
Tim's feelings change.

I read a quote by Marya Mannes called The Lines of Ink Across The Map Turn Red, and even if a war is far
away it affects all people. This is ture because if we have a family member or friend in a war far away, and they
get wounded or killed it affects us deeply. Also, what if there is a war going on far away, but our country is in it,
and our country looses, what will happen next? This is how a war effects all people.
- Rachel

In Chapter 5, I learn a little bit more about Mr. Huron. My opinion of him is that there is something fishy
about him. Why would he ask Tim to deliver "busisness letters" all the way to Fairfield? Then after Mr. Huron
left, why would Father tell Tim to not get involved with him. This might be a little bit of foreshadowing.
All I know is, that it seemed weird for Mr. Huron to ask a boy,Tim, to go deliver letters in Fairfield when he
can get his slave, Tom Warrups, or another adult to go deliver the "business letters". If you ask me, Mr.
Huron is a little bit fishy.
Keep on reading!!!
- Rachel

This is my response for Chapter 6. My opinion for Tim in this chapter is that he is brave and interesting.
He lies to his father and gets in a fight with Betsy. I was also suprised when Tim told Betsy where he was
going and that he let is slip out that he was at Mr. Hurons. I do not trust Mr. Huron. I can not tell if he is
a Tory or a Patriot. I also thought that his letter - "If this message is recieved, we will know that the
messenger is reliable." That was interseting - I did not see that one coming!! When Betsy and Tim got into a
fight at the end of the chapter my response was... WOW! I was suprised when Betsy took down Tim in mid-sentence
like that! I was happy that Betsy got away with Mr. Hurons letter because I really wanted to know what was in the
letter and I didn't wan't Sam to get hurt. I liked this chapter. Even though it was short, it gave alot of foreshadowing
and suspene for the next chaapter.
See you in next chapter!!!
A fellow My Brother Sam is Dead Reader,
Rachel

Hi Guys!
This is my responce for Chapter 7. The war is affeting Tim's family in this chapter. Not by alot, but
Sams letters from the war are making Tim's parents fight, because Tim's mother wants to write back to Sam
and Tim's father dosn't because he feels that Sam is "headstrong". This is also affecting Tim's falily
because cloth and food are scarse. Soldiers would also go around town and get Tim nervous. Also what is going
on in the Middle-East is affecting my family because it made gas prices that went up, this was bad for us because
we drive a lot to dance, school, and many other places, and it was alot of money. My emotional responce for this
chapter is that there wasn't a lot of things interesting about this chapter but the part where the cow-boys started
to hit father scared me I didn't want father or Tim, that part was very suspensing. I liked the part where the people came
and saved Tim and his father.
-Rachel

Hi!
I just read chapter Chapter 8. This is my responce. What does Tim really think about the war? Well I think
Tim still dosn't know if he is a Tory or a Patriot, because he dosn't want to go against his father or dosn't
want to go aginst Sam in a war. He also dosn't think that the British will win the war hands-down, but I think
Tim is a little bit on the Loyalist side. Again, no I dont think Tim made up his about the war. I dont think I would
make up my mind eather, at this point. I dont think I could choose between my older sibling and my father.
I liked this chapter, I was happy for Tim to explor diffrent places, like the Hudson Bay. Tim also had to go through alot
of work with his father.
A fellow My Brother Sam is Dead Reader,
Rachel

Hey!
Wow! Was Chapter 9 interesting! What do I think happened to Mr. Meeker? Well I actually was thinking of
two thinking of two things that might of happened to him. My first guess would be that he was taken by
the cow-boys and the beat him up, or maybe even killed him! My second guess would be that he was tooken by
someone else than the cow-boys, maybe the British army. This will have a big impact on him. Tim and his
mom would have to run the tavern by themselfs and Tim is worying about now Sam and his father. During this time
Tim would be so sad, and have to do two-times the work. My emotional responce on this chapter is that in the begining
of this chapter, it started out like chapters 7 and 8 but near the end when Tim's father was jumped, it was really scary
I am worried for Tim and Father.
Keep on Reading!!!!!!!
-Rachel

Hi Guys!!
I just finished Chapter 10. My true opinion of it was that there was too much killing and shooting. First
the Rebel messenger,then Ned. Expecially the way Ned got killed, I would have thrown up too, if I would have seen that in
real life. Also in this chapter, Tim says "I still hadn't figured out what he was fighting for. It seemed to me
that we'd been free all along." When Tim says "he", Tim is referring to Sam, and Tim dosn't get what Sam if fighting for.
I truly think that Sam is fighting to be an independant country. Also Tim dosn't really understand that all of the acts
that the British put on the colonists were really bad. There were a lot a taxes, and people got angry. Tim said that it seemed
that he had been free all along because the acts hadn't had a big impact on Redding. Mostly bigger states had a problem with the
taxing, and most of the people Tim knows are Torys and support the King. So they don't complain as much as Patriots. This was my explanation of this statement.
- Rachel

In this chapter Tim says that Sam won't leave the Army because he feels that he is a part of something big.
What do I think Tim means by "something big"? THE ARMY!!! I think there was about 1,000,000 men involved
in the Revolutionary War. Both Rebels and British. Also I think that Sam is into "fighting for your
country". Sam probably dosn't want to come home because he is too proud about being in the Army, there are
so many big things in the Army. One day you would be wet, starving, and miserable, and another day you wouldn't
care that you were hungry because you had just won a battle. This is what I think Tim means by "something big". I loved
this chapter. I think it was a great chapter to follow chapter 10 because this chapter is mostly happy, and chapter 10
was very sad. I really like Sam. I csn relate to him because I also think I'm "headstrong". I wished Sam would have stayed
with his family because then things would be at least a little bit better.
See you next Chapter!!!
- Rachel

I just read Chapter 12, and boy was it interesting! A statement is said by Mr. Meeker to Mrs. Meeker that
"In war, the dead pay the debts for the living." This means when people die they are dying for the people
they love, or for the country they love. People pay with thier lives, so that the people they love can go on living the way they want to live. I like this statement; I think is is very truthful. I would die for
the people I love. I also think Sam and Father would die for the people they love. This chapter was ok. The end was
very suspenseful. I really want to know what happens to Sam. I really hope he dosn't die, or get hurt. I hope Tim
reaches Colonel Parsons, and doesn't get captured by the two men who captured Sam. What do you think will happen
to Sam and Tim?
Next capter, here I come!!!!
-Rachel

In Chapter 13, a man names Patrick Henry said, "Give me Liberty or give me Death!" These words would have
inspired people and soldiers like Sam. Why? Sam is very full of liberty and he is willing to fight for his country
and maybe die fighting. He even promised to fight until he got liberty. I believe that Sam is that kind of person
to die for his country to be free. I also know there are many other people like that out there. This is a strong quote.
I like it; it moves me. It almost makes me want to join the army.
- Rachel

Patrick Henry Limerick
Written By: Rachel Sampson

Patrick Henry was a wonderful lad,
he didn’t like the loyalists, they made him mad.
Henry was very outspoken in the Stamp Act,
"Give me liberty or give me death!", were his famous words, that’s a fact!
This poem was good, it would make Patrick Henry very glad

Chapter 14 was really good, but also really sad. The irony of Sam's execution similar to the irony of
what happend to Mr. Meeker is that the war killed them. Also they were just doing something good, and died
for nothing. They died because other prople lied. At the end of this chapter I was so sad. I didnt want Sam
to die even though the title says so.
- Rachel

I just finished My Brother Sam is dead! It was so great. In the Epilogue a statement says "But somehow,
even fifty years later, I keep thinking that there might have been another way, besides war, to achieve
the same end." Yes, I do think this is true. The United States could have become a nation without the
Revolutionary War. Thats what God wants us to do, try to achieve an ending without so many deaths and violence.
We would have saved so many peoples lives if we could have just settled theses argumants through talking and
agreeing on eachother. I loved this book, I higly recremend this book. I usually don't like history
books, but this story told history in a plesant way.
Hope you all enjoyed this book like me!
-Rachel