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Veronica LaDu
Jan 11, 2009
Dear Halley,Sean,Tiffany,and Kelsey, I just want to welcome you into our project!It should be a lot of fun. Hope to see you soon! Sincerely, Veronica
Veronica LaDu
Jan 12, 2009
I think that this chapter is about Sam and his father's relationship. It is also about Tim and Sam's relationship as brothers. I think that it is very sad that the family isn't whole in a way and that they are fighting. I would side with the Patriots because I would like to have freedom whatever the cost.
Veronica LaDu
Jan 16, 2009
My mom would be opposed to me going to Iraq. She said that this was a war started by lies and that we shouldn't be there right now. As a teenager she protested the Vietnam war.
Veronica LaDu
Jan 17, 2009
Mr. Meeker's statement means that even if you fight that you will not solve injustices or problems. For Example: if you get a detention and start fighting with the teacher the teacher will probably just up the detention time! In Mr. Meekers' eyes war doesn't solve anything. Now, the second chapter is about Tim having a lot of doubt in his mind as to what side to choose. Either he agrees with Sam who wants to fight or with Father who wants to remain loyal. Sam is trying to coax him into spying for him and Father wants him to be a loyal Englishmen. Since Tim doesn't understand war, he is naturally very confused.
Veronica LaDu
Jan 20, 2009
A. If I were in Tim's place I would not tell father that Sam was back in Redding. He is (or would be) my brother and since he and father are on a bumpy road in their relationship so I wouldn't want father to take it all out on Sam. Since Sam made me promise to not tell father I would not. B. Betsy's role in the story is that she is the daughter of the leader of the patriots in Tim's area. She is also somewhat of Sam's girlfriend. She is also the messenger between Sam and Tim.I think that Betsy is a trustworthy and nice friend. C. If I lived at the time of the American Revolution I think that I would fare just fine even though I would have to say milk the cow every morning. I wouldn't mind it at all. D. Another thing that I liked about this chapter is that the authors tell us about Tim's feelings. They show us both sides of the story and the endless conflict that is going on in Tim's head weather he is a Patriot or a Loyalist. E. I read Rachel's comment on the 3rd chapter and I like her interpretation of hide-and-seek. I agree with her and I think that Betsy is also a trustworthy person. I also believe that Tim and Betsy will become closer friends. I hope all goes well for the characters!!!!!
Veronica LaDu
Jan 21, 2009
I agree that the Revolutionary War caused many divisions. Especially between Tim's family. One set of separated relationships is the on between Sam and his father. Sam is for the war and father is not. Father doesn't think that they should fight because there is nothing to be gained by fighting. Also there is the relationship between Sam and Tim. Tim is so confused about the war he doesn't know what to do. He misses his brother terribly and feels separated from him in more ways than one. FInally there is the relationship between Tim and father. Tim is as I said very confused and doesn't know which side he is on. Father is trying to show Tim that fighting isn't the answer and to remain a loyalist is the best thing to do at the moment. Now poor Tim has to decide who he is really loyal to; Sam his best friend and brother or father who has always cared for him.
Veronica LaDu
Jan 26, 2009
1. Tim feelings change because he now knows what war is. It must feel like a story. Tim finally understands that war isn't a story when the patriots were roughing up father. They didn't kill him though and for this Tim is grateful. 2. War, however far away, affects all people. This quote is true because to mankind borders are permanent. Even if you can only see them on a map, we humans defend our borders with our lives. The "borders bleed" part of the quote means that as we defend our borders we get killed. In war all men have fights over land particularly over whose land is whose so when we fight over the land we die and, in a matter of speaking, the blood runs thick. We watch with dread as the war goes on. 3. In chapter 5 we are introduced to Mr. Heron. He is portrayed as a respectable man and that is why father just has to be pleasant to him. In my opinion Mr. Heron wasn't just trying to send "business letters". I think that he was trying to send something about the war that was very important. I'm now starting to fear for Tim because he wants to take the letters no matter what his father says. If he does this I have a bad feeling that something will go very wrong.
Thomas Kennedy
Jan 26, 2009
Good Veronica, good insight. I agree Tim may be in over his head. I also think the war came to Tim fast and smacked him right in the face. It woke him up. The 'borders do bleed' and all too often with the blood of young men. Keep up the good work, remind me to have you read your response out loud.
Veronica LaDu
Jan 30, 2009
1. My opinion of Tim's actions in this chapter is that he should not have tried to deliver the letter. It of course ended badly as I predicted it to. I do not think that Tim should have lied to his father. I personally still do not trust Mr. Heron because he might have wanted Tim to deliver real letters after he had delivered the fake one. The scuffle between Betsey and Tim was very surprising. I didn't like the way Betsey tricked Tim. But maybe she saved Tim's life. It is still very unclear. 2. I want to say that this book is very exciting. I DO NOT WANT TO PUT THIS BOOK DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Veronica LaDu
Feb 4, 2009
War and life are not fair. In war you can win but still loose the ones you love. Or you can win a fight but then loose an even bigger fight to the opposite side. In life it's the same thing. Only it isn't always about you're loved ones dying. It can be about something totally different. No one has the obligation to be in other people's affairs. But as always you sometimes get wrapped up in things even when you try to avoid them. This is just the case with Life. He wants to avoid being involved with the war but when Sam goes off to fight, Life starts to be involved with the war. He wants to stay with the English Crown but he just wants to stay to himself. Life cannot do anything about the war. He is now always put on the side of the Tories wherever people see him and he can't get out of it no matter how hard he tries. Life is just going to have to deal with it for now. He can't do anything about it. He has to admit that the war is a part of his life now and that it is pointless to go around saying that he doesn't want to choose sides when he already has.
Veronica LaDu
Feb 5, 2009
Chapter 9 1. I do not know what has happened to Father. I hope for Tim's sake that he has not died. I think that Tim would be very sad about his father dying but I feel that he is sort of thinking that his father is already dead. His mother is probably feeling the same way. But, as she tells Tim over and over that his father is alright and will be coming home safely she is also trying to convince herself that father is not dead. She is reassuring herself as much as Tim when she speaks of it. 2. I feel very sad and also oddly about this chapter. Tim has now lost two family members. His father and his brother. Oddly, Tim has lost the two family members who were trying to get him on a different sides of the war. Sam is gone and can't keep giving Tim reasons why they should fight against England. Now father is also gone and cannot tell Tim why they shouldn't fight against the English crown. Tim now has to gather from his own experiences which side he should be on. He can no longer rely on other people's stories and memories on the subject. He has to find out everything for himself. Chapter 10 1. When Tim says this he still doesn't know what the war is about. To him nothing has been bad for him under the English Crown. He still doesn't know why Sam is risking his life to fight in a war against a mightier enemy. He himself feels free and he doesn't know why everyone is so worked up about. Tim is reaching a crossroad. When he truly becomes a man he will understand what the war is about and then he will either stand with his barely formed country or he will stay with the bigger and mightier England.
Veronica LaDu
Feb 17, 2009
Chapter 11 1. After Mrs. Meeker begs Sam to come home and Sam refuses Tim realizes that Sam will never leave the army because he thinks that he is part of "something big." I think what Tim means by saying "something big" is that Sam thinks that he is a part of a big movement or something like that. Sam wants to be important and so, he stays in the army in order to be in an adventure. He wants to "rough it" so to speak. 2. My emotional reaction to this chapter is that once again Tim has grown up. Sam noticed that Tim has grown up when Tim went to find him. Mother has also noticed it. Also at the end of the chapter, Tim says it himself. " Knowing about Sam gave me a funny feeling. I didn't feel like his little brother so much anymore, I felt more like his equal."
Veronica LaDu
Feb 17, 2009
Chapter 12 1. The statement "In war the dead pay the debts for the living" means that during a war the people who die have died for the people who are still living. Father died for no apparent reason. But if he hadn't scouted ahead for the cowboys and had not gotten captured, they would have captured Tim as well and Tim probably would have been sent to prison too. Although, war is still not fair no matter which way you look at it. 2. The ending of this chapter was a shocker! We know that Sam didn't steal the cattle but what will happen when the two lying soldiers bring him in? It is also very sad to hear about Jerry and it sounds horrible for Tim and all the other people to have to go hungry.
Veronica LaDu
Feb 18, 2009
Chapter 13 1. Patrick Henry's famous quote "Give me liberty or give me death!" may have inspired many young boys like Sam at the time of the war. Most would have agreed with Mr. Henry when he said this. This also makes a loop around back to the group of Sam's friends who swore not to go home until the war was over. They would not go until their country had received their liberty. But, I must say that although they were heroic and everything that quote did get a lot of boys killed. Ironic isn't it? We got our liberty but we also got death. 2. My emotional reaction? Horrified! Sam is going to be executed (most likely).........BY HIS OWN SIDE!!!!!! Mother and Tim have tried their best but now everything is up to General Putnam. Tim got the feeling that the General was not very nice. so Sam is probably going to die. Well is not exactly a big shock is it? The title of the book is of course "My Brother Sam is Dead."
Veronica LaDu
Feb 19, 2009
Chapter 14 1. This book has a lot of irony in it. All throughout this book Sam has been fighting on the side of the Patriots. Against his fathers wishes. Now Sam is being executed by his own side! The ridiculous part of it is that Sam is being killed for the crime of stealing his own cattle! Father has told Sam not to fight on the side of the Patriots. Now Sam is being executed for not following his father's wishes in a way. Father never wanted Sam to fight on ay side of this war. 2. This chapter made me very sad. With Colonel Read's news that Sam was going to be executed, Mother's refusing to go to church the Sunday before Sam's execution, Tim's useless attempt to save Sam, and of course the bitter end of Sam's life all added to the gloom of this chapter. The ending was like falling off a cliff. I got a horrible image in my head when I read the last two sentences of the book.
Epilogue 1."But somehow even fifty years later, I keep thinking that there might have been another way, besides war, to achieve the same end." This statement is the last in this epic book. This statement makes me feel gloomy. It reminds me of all that has been lost in this war and also in the ones that followed it. It also makes me wonder if we could have settled this war without fighting and losing lives. I do not really know if we could have become a nation without the Revolution. It is a part of our history now. Even though it was sad, bloody and long it showed the world that we are and would be a strong nation. We are now but we wouldn't have done it without the Revolution.
Thomas Kennedy
Feb 19, 2009
Veronica, very nice job. I enjoyed reading your insightful comments. I am glad you put your usual maximum effort into this wiki page and the reading of the book. This type of learning is new, different and fun. It is like opening the door to the future and as you know, your future is so bright you will have to wear shades.
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Veronica LaDu
Jan 11, 2009
Dear Halley,Sean,Tiffany,and Kelsey,
I just want to welcome you into our project!It should be a lot of fun.
Hope to see you soon!
Sincerely,
Veronica
Veronica LaDu
Jan 12, 2009
I think that this chapter is about Sam and his father's relationship. It is also about Tim and Sam's relationship as brothers. I think that it is very sad that the family isn't whole in a way and that they are fighting. I would side with the Patriots because I would like to have freedom whatever the cost.
Veronica LaDu
Jan 16, 2009
My mom would be opposed to me going to Iraq. She said that this was a war started by lies and that we shouldn't be there right now. As a teenager she protested the Vietnam war.
Veronica LaDu
Jan 17, 2009
Mr. Meeker's statement means that even if you fight that you will not solve injustices or problems. For Example: if you get a detention and start fighting with the teacher the teacher will probably just up the detention time! In Mr. Meekers' eyes war doesn't solve anything.
Now, the second chapter is about Tim having a lot of doubt in his mind as to what side to choose. Either he agrees with Sam who wants to fight or with Father who wants to remain loyal. Sam is trying to coax him into spying for him and Father wants him to be a loyal Englishmen. Since Tim doesn't understand war, he is naturally very confused.
Veronica LaDu
Jan 20, 2009
A. If I were in Tim's place I would not tell father that Sam was back in Redding. He is (or would be) my brother and since he and father are on a bumpy road in their relationship so I wouldn't want father to take it all out on Sam. Since Sam made me promise to not tell father I would not.
B. Betsy's role in the story is that she is the daughter of the leader of the patriots in Tim's area. She is also somewhat of Sam's girlfriend. She is also the messenger between Sam and Tim.I think that Betsy is a trustworthy and nice friend.
C. If I lived at the time of the American Revolution I think that I would fare just fine even though I would have to say milk the cow every morning. I wouldn't mind it at all.
D. Another thing that I liked about this chapter is that the authors tell us about Tim's feelings. They show us both sides of the story and the endless conflict that is going on in Tim's head weather he is a Patriot or a Loyalist.
E. I read Rachel's comment on the 3rd chapter and I like her interpretation of hide-and-seek. I agree with her and I think that Betsy is also a trustworthy person. I also believe that Tim and Betsy will become closer friends. I hope all goes well for the characters!!!!!
Veronica LaDu
Jan 21, 2009
I agree that the Revolutionary War caused many divisions. Especially between Tim's family. One set of separated relationships is the on between Sam and his father. Sam is for the war and father is not. Father doesn't think that they should fight because there is nothing to be gained by fighting. Also there is the relationship between Sam and Tim. Tim is so confused about the war he doesn't know what to do. He misses his brother terribly and feels separated from him in more ways than one. FInally there is the relationship between Tim and father. Tim is as I said very confused and doesn't know which side he is on. Father is trying to show Tim that fighting isn't the answer and to remain a loyalist is the best thing to do at the moment. Now poor Tim has to decide who he is really loyal to; Sam his best friend and brother or father who has always cared for him.
Veronica LaDu
Jan 26, 2009
1. Tim feelings change because he now knows what war is. It must feel like a story. Tim finally understands that war isn't a story when the patriots were roughing up father. They didn't kill him though and for this Tim is grateful.
2. War, however far away, affects all people. This quote is true because to mankind borders are permanent. Even if you can only see them on a map, we humans defend our borders with our lives. The "borders bleed" part of the quote means that as we defend our borders we get killed. In war all men have fights over land particularly over whose land is whose so when we fight over the land we die and, in a matter of speaking, the blood runs thick. We watch with dread as the war goes on.
3. In chapter 5 we are introduced to Mr. Heron. He is portrayed as a respectable man and that is why father just has to be pleasant to him. In my opinion Mr. Heron wasn't just trying to send "business letters". I think that he was trying to send something about the war that was very important. I'm now starting to fear for Tim because he wants to take the letters no matter what his father says. If he does this I have a bad feeling that something will go very wrong.
Thomas Kennedy
Jan 26, 2009
Good Veronica, good insight. I agree Tim may be in over his head. I also think the war came to Tim fast and smacked him right in the face. It woke him up. The 'borders do bleed' and all too often with the blood of young men. Keep up the good work, remind me to have you read your response out loud.
Veronica LaDu
Jan 30, 2009
1. My opinion of Tim's actions in this chapter is that he should not have tried to deliver the letter. It of course ended badly as I predicted it to. I do not think that Tim should have lied to his father. I personally still do not trust Mr. Heron because he might have wanted Tim to deliver real letters after he had delivered the fake one. The scuffle between Betsey and Tim was very surprising. I didn't like the way Betsey tricked Tim. But maybe she saved Tim's life. It is still very unclear.
2. I want to say that this book is very exciting. I DO NOT WANT TO PUT THIS BOOK DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Veronica LaDu
Feb 4, 2009
War and life are not fair. In war you can win but still loose the ones you love. Or you can win a fight but then loose an even bigger fight to the opposite side. In life it's the same thing. Only it isn't always about you're loved ones dying. It can be about something totally different. No one has the obligation to be in other people's affairs. But as always you sometimes get wrapped up in things even when you try to avoid them. This is just the case with Life. He wants to avoid being involved with the war but when Sam goes off to fight, Life starts to be involved with the war. He wants to stay with the English Crown but he just wants to stay to himself. Life cannot do anything about the war. He is now always put on the side of the Tories wherever people see him and he can't get out of it no matter how hard he tries. Life is just going to have to deal with it for now. He can't do anything about it. He has to admit that the war is a part of his life now and that it is pointless to go around saying that he doesn't want to choose sides when he already has.
Veronica LaDu
Feb 5, 2009
Chapter 9
1. I do not know what has happened to Father. I hope for Tim's sake that he has not died. I think that Tim would be very sad about his father dying but I feel that he is sort of thinking that his father is already dead. His mother is probably feeling the same way. But, as she tells Tim over and over that his father is alright and will be coming home safely she is also trying to convince herself that father is not dead. She is reassuring herself as much as Tim when she speaks of it.
2. I feel very sad and also oddly about this chapter. Tim has now lost two family members. His father and his brother. Oddly, Tim has lost the two family members who were trying to get him on a different sides of the war. Sam is gone and can't keep giving Tim reasons why they should fight against England. Now father is also gone and cannot tell Tim why they shouldn't fight against the English crown. Tim now has to gather from his own experiences which side he should be on. He can no longer rely on other people's stories and memories on the subject. He has to find out everything for himself.
Chapter 10
1. When Tim says this he still doesn't know what the war is about. To him nothing has been bad for him under the English Crown. He still doesn't know why Sam is risking his life to fight in a war against a mightier enemy. He himself feels free and he doesn't know why everyone is so worked up about. Tim is reaching a crossroad. When he truly becomes a man he will understand what the war is about and then he will either stand with his barely formed country or he will stay with the bigger and mightier England.
Veronica LaDu
Feb 17, 2009
Chapter 11
1. After Mrs. Meeker begs Sam to come home and Sam refuses Tim realizes that Sam will never leave the army because he thinks that he is part of "something big." I think what Tim means by saying "something big" is that Sam thinks that he is a part of a big movement or something like that. Sam wants to be important and so, he stays in the army in order to be in an adventure. He wants to "rough it" so to speak.
2. My emotional reaction to this chapter is that once again Tim has grown up. Sam noticed that Tim has grown up when Tim went to find him. Mother has also noticed it. Also at the end of the chapter, Tim says it himself. " Knowing about Sam gave me a funny feeling. I didn't feel like his little brother so much anymore, I felt more like his equal."
Veronica LaDu
Feb 17, 2009
Chapter 12
1. The statement "In war the dead pay the debts for the living" means that during a war the people who die have died for the people who are still living. Father died for no apparent reason. But if he hadn't scouted ahead for the cowboys and had not gotten captured, they would have captured Tim as well and Tim probably would have been sent to prison too. Although, war is still not fair no matter which way you look at it.
2. The ending of this chapter was a shocker! We know that Sam didn't steal the cattle but what will happen when the two lying soldiers bring him in? It is also very sad to hear about Jerry and it sounds horrible for Tim and all the other people to have to go hungry.
Veronica LaDu
Feb 18, 2009
Chapter 13
1. Patrick Henry's famous quote "Give me liberty or give me death!" may have inspired many young boys like Sam at the time of the war. Most would have agreed with Mr. Henry when he said this. This also makes a loop around back to the group of Sam's friends who swore not to go home until the war was over. They would not go until their country had received their liberty. But, I must say that although they were heroic and everything that quote did get a lot of boys killed. Ironic isn't it? We got our liberty but we also got death.
2. My emotional reaction? Horrified! Sam is going to be executed (most likely).........BY HIS OWN SIDE!!!!!! Mother and Tim have tried their best but now everything is up to General Putnam. Tim got the feeling that the General was not very nice. so Sam is probably going to die. Well is not exactly a big shock is it? The title of the book is of course "My Brother Sam is Dead."
Veronica LaDu
Feb 19, 2009
Chapter 14
1. This book has a lot of irony in it. All throughout this book Sam has been fighting on the side of the Patriots. Against his fathers wishes. Now Sam is being executed by his own side! The ridiculous part of it is that Sam is being killed for the crime of stealing his own cattle! Father has told Sam not to fight on the side of the Patriots. Now Sam is being executed for not following his father's wishes in a way. Father never wanted Sam to fight on ay side of this war.
2. This chapter made me very sad. With Colonel Read's news that Sam was going to be executed, Mother's refusing to go to church the Sunday before Sam's execution, Tim's useless attempt to save Sam, and of course the bitter end of Sam's life all added to the gloom of this chapter. The ending was like falling off a cliff. I got a horrible image in my head when I read the last two sentences of the book.
Epilogue
1."But somehow even fifty years later, I keep thinking that there might have been another way, besides war, to achieve the same end." This statement is the last in this epic book. This statement makes me feel gloomy. It reminds me of all that has been lost in this war and also in the ones that followed it. It also makes me wonder if we could have settled this war without fighting and losing lives. I do not really know if we could have become a nation without the Revolution. It is a part of our history now. Even though it was sad, bloody and long it showed the world that we are and would be a strong nation. We are now but we wouldn't have done it without the Revolution.
Thomas Kennedy
Feb 19, 2009
Veronica, very nice job. I enjoyed reading your insightful comments. I am glad you put your usual maximum effort into this wiki page and the reading of the book. This type of learning is new, different and fun. It is like opening the door to the future and as you know, your future is so bright you will have to wear shades.