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.