Point of View

My Brother Sam is Dead

                   Authors Note: 

In My Brother Sam is Dead, strongly fight about what is right and wrong. His dad turns to the British side. Then Sam, the oldest brother in the Meeker family decides to turn to the Colonists. But the youngest, Tim Meeker, is pressure to put a view on things himself.

 The point of view is told by Tim meeker. Tim is the youngest son of two in the Meeker family. Tim is pressured to fight against his father but he doesn’t what to fight against Sam. I heard before that would go with this book. That is “The dead will pay for the living”. It seems like Sam’s death was for another man’s doing.  

Tim’s view on stuff makes his  brother sound like the brother everyone wants or has and his dad sounds like he is the meanest father ever. But what if it was told by the British soldier that executed Sam or it was told by Tim’s and Sam’s Dad. Their dad would probably think of Sam as a trader and a coward for fighting beside the colonists. But Tim doesn’t think of anything or anyone being bad or being a betrayer.

If this story was in the point of view was told by a different person in the story it would come out totally different. The scene and thought in everything, the feelings. Everything except the time period. So the next time you ever read, try to think of the story in a different characters point of view.   

Compare and Contrast Re-do

The Patriot

Authors note: I wrote a compare and contrast the two main characters Sam from 

My Brother Sam is Dead and Benjamin for the movie The Patriot.

Even though My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier is about the Revolutionary War, it isn't really like the movie The Patriot. There are some like how the families fought. But it is a book I wouldn’t recommend for a history report.  But it can make you see what is happening right at the moment.

There was one really important man in The patriot and that is Benjamin Martin that is played by Mel Gibson. He is the father widow that was 7 children. He lead the rebels into War. The reason why he was a good leader was because he fought in the French and Indian War.

In addition Benjamin knew what War was like. He knew how it was like to kill a man. The reason why he knew how war was like is because he fought in the French and Indian War. He had the worse memories after him and his soldiers did a gruesome thing.  

On the other hand the book is way different. The oldest brother Sam that wants to fight against the red coats was raised by royalists. He thinks they deserve to be free but his dad thinks it is fine how it is. Sam thinks it is all about killing but thinking and hoping that god is watching over him so he doesn’t get killed himself. His little brother even thinks of fighting too. Then his dad turns and is going to fight on the British side. So Sam’s little brother has to choose to fight with his brother or fight with his dad.

Of course there are comparisons for both Sam and Benjamin are that they want to be heroes again. They both want to be free in America. They both knew how it was like to kill something. But for Sam on only things he has killed was animals and Benjamin killed everything from animals to humans. They both were judged really hard by people.

In the end the book and the movie are both are good. They both can make you see or make you feel like you are there in the spot light. There is a lot that you  could learn from both of these things about how it felt or something you never heard of.    

Compare and contrast

Gym Candy 

Gym Candy by Carl Deuker is about a teen that wants to find his true self. His name is Mick Johnson and he is out to beat his enemy that is keeping him from being a starter on the varsity football team. His enemies’ name is Cam that isn’t a true talent. Unlike Cam, Mick has football in his blood.

              Cam thought he could get away with anything in life because he was the top player on his football team. Cam is a bigger guy, so he can plow through people. Unlike Mick that is just fast. Cam got kick off the team for when Him and another player got caught at a party drinking.

            Mick’s dad was a pro football player till he got fired. That’s why Mick has Football in his blood. Mick was the second string running back but now he is in at first string for now. Mick has a better attitude and a better mind than Cam, till Mick took a wrong turn. Mick made that wrong turn so he could be and stay better than Cam for the years to come till Cam graduates. Mick knew the consequences to what he did if the team finds out.

            They both have same comparisons. Like they both love the sport of football. They are both really good at football. Both of them were coaches pets and fought for number one till one is marked king. But it might end up bad for both of them 

            I can clearly relate to this book. This book I think is more close to realism than some of the other sports books I read. This book made me see the events in the book as they happen. I have been in some of their footsteps. The book I think is trying to say that there will always be a person to beat in life and that it won’t be use to do.