My Brother Sam Is Dead Summary

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Tim Meeker, the narrator of My Brother Sam is Dead, is the son of a loyalist, yet the brother of a patriot, Sam Meeker. His father is a war veteran and wants to stop Sam from going to war, but Sam wants to enlist and steal Brown Bess. In Chapter II of the book Tim and his father are at their local church, an Anglican church, near the field where the trainband practiced. Father asked Tim where Sam is going and he replies and says he is going “Up to Wethersfield and is going to march up with people in Massachusetts about something that isn’t their affair.”, and says he will probably be bayoneted by a British soldier if he can not defend himself. Tim is jealous that Sam gets a chance to be a hero. Father tells Tim to be cordial at church. After