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                                 Redding Weekly

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                                 Redding Weekly

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March 12, 1775. Issue #26

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Sam gets executed by the Patriots after being framed for stealing his own families cattle

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Sam goes to join the Patriot (colony made) army to fight against the British in the Revolutionary War.

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I thought this book was good. There was some things that were predictable in the book. It was good because the point of view it was written from. Other than that, it was an interesting book. I would recommend this book to history classes to read if they are learning about the American Revolution or United States history.

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War is affecting Redding and people are going hungry and running out of supplies. Father gets captured by cowboys. It is found out that Father and Jerry were both dead, subject of a disease. Once Mother finds out that Father is dead and Sam is getting executed, she starts to drink

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Tim is not sure if Sam or father is correct on which side of the war to take Tim does not know which side to defend Fathers or Sams.

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Father getting kidnapped by the cowboys. Sam being framed as a cattle thief.

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Redding, Connecticut, 1775

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                                  Figurative Language

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                                  Figurative Language

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Page 1-" The rain whipped against the windows of our tavern, making a sound like muffled drums." Metaphor. Page 21- "the top of his skull off and his brains sliding out of them like wet oats?" Simile. Page 54- "thump-thump." Onomatopoeia.

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Tim meeker-  The story is in his point of view and he is the main character
Sam Meeker- the older brother of Tim , he is in the Patriot army.
Eliphalet (Life) Meeker- Life is the Father of Tim and Sam. He is against Sam going to war
Susannah Meeker- The Mother of Sam and Tim. She cared at first, but then she didn't at the end.
Betsy Read: Sam's girlfriend, she helps Tim sometimes in the book
Colonel Read: Betsy Read's father
Tom Warrups: an Indian who lives on Colonel Read's land.
Jerry Sanford: A friend of Tim who dies on a prison boat.
Mr Beach: The town priest
Mr. Heron: A wealthy man that may be on both sides of the war.
Benedict Arnold: Captain of the second foot guard. General Putnam: Leader of the rebels who sentences Sam to death.
Colonel Parsons: One of Sam's officers.
Mr. Platt: Sam and Tim's Uncle.
Ezekiel Platt: Sam and Tim's cousin.
Captain Betts: A patriot who is captured then released.
Captain Starr: A local patriot killed by the british.
Dr. Hobart: The redding doctor.
Ned: The slave that got his head cut off

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The book My Brother Sam is Dead takes place in Redding, Connecticut. Its written in the first person point of view. from Tim's point of view. At the beginning of the novel Sam announces that is is going to join the Patriots (or the Colonies Army) and Father gets upset because he doesn't want Sam involved in the war. Later Sam steals the family gun, the Brown Bess, but Tim tries to steal it back to save Father's life. A while after that Mr. Heron asks Father if Tim can take some letters down to Fairfield, and Father says no. Tim lies to Father so he can go to deliver the letters anyway, but found out that it was just a test. Then Father takes Tim to Verplancks Point where they run into cowboys. On their way home from Verplancks Point Tim gets away from the cowboys, but they take Father. At the end of the book Sam is back in Redding but gets accused of being a cattle thief. The book ends with Sam being given the death penalty and being shot.