...Tim navigates family adversities and the harsh consequences of war, facing difficulties with both political factions. Ultimately, the tragic deaths of Tim’s friends Jerry, Life, and Sam–marked by irony and betrayal–lead Tim to adopt a stance of neutrality, reflecting the disillusionment he and others experienced during the Revolution. Jerry’s untimely death marks a turning point for Tim, steering him away from any consideration of loyalty to the British. Jerry was sealed to a gruesome fate at the hands of the British soldiers, who not only left him to die on a prisoner’s ship but also desecrated his body. The British “‘sunk [it] in Long Island Sound in a weighted sack,’” and, to make matters worse, they did it so “‘his parents can’t even get him back’” (Collier 166). The brutality of Jerry’s death The news of Jerry’s passing unsettled Tim, but the consequences of war felt even more tangible upon losing his loyalist father. During a business trip with Tim, Life was covertly abducted and left on a prisoner’s ship–similar to Jerry–without Tim’s...
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...The book My Brother Sam is Dead by James and Christopher Collier describes the life of the Meeker family during the revolutionary war. The book was set in Redding Ridge, Connecticut and the war started right after the battle of Lexington and Concord. The book includes three main characters Sam, Tim, and Life Meeker. Sam is 17 years old, he likes to talk without thinking. He is rebellious, short tempered, ead strong, and brave. Tim is 12-13 years old and is the younger brother of Sam. He is caring, brave, smart, and responsible boy. Life Meeker is Sam’s and Tim’s father. He is loyal to the British King and is brave, short tempered, rebellious, responsible, and cares about his family. The book begins with Sam coming home and telling the family about how the rebel minutemen defeated the lobsterbacks or the British army in Lexington and Concord. Sam himself was wearing a red uniform wanted father’s gun so he can fight for the rebels. Then he and father fought until father kicked Sam out of the house and then no one was looking Sam stole the gun and joined the war. Then, continental troops came into Redding Ridge to confiscate weapons. They went door to door confiscating weapons, only because they knew Redding Ridge was a tory town which meant they were loyal to the British King. They came into the Meeker’s home and injured father...
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...My Brother Sam is Dead, written by James Lincoln Collier is a work of historical fiction based off of the American Revolution. This book is about a young boy named Tim Meeker who lives with his his parents who own a tavern who are Loyalists, and his Rebel brother Sam. When Sam returns home from Yale, he announces to his family that he wants to join the Continental Army, his father becomes furious, but Sam steals the family rifle, brown bess, and leaves to go to war. This novel is filled with many twists and turns, While Collier develops the theme of freedom and glory. Tim Meeker lives in a tavern with his family, who are Loyalists, but his brother, Sam, is a Patriot. When Sam wants to enlist in the war and fight for the Continental...
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...Does Tim Meeker change throughout the story? How boring would it be if Tim Meeker was perfect and did not face any problems? Luckily Tim Meeker from my Brother Sam is Dead is not a perfect character, but does face many life changing events. Tim has experience a lot grief in his life by watching his brother die. I believe Tim has changed by taking more responsibility, showing the greatest love for his brother, and growing from a child to a young man. Tim has changed in a very diverse way throughout the story. One big impact in Tim Meeker's life is that Tim has shown the greatest love for his brother by believing in Sam. (2.9-10) "Tim, did Sam say anything to you about going to the war? I didn't want to lie to Father, but I didn't want to give Sam away, either. Well, he said he was, but I thought he was probably just boasting." This quote shows he cares and...
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...upon the population. The story My Brother Sam is Dead shows what the Meeker family has to go through in order to (hopefully) survive the war, and these themes are included throughout. There is nothing exciting about war. With war comes disease and famine, which then leads to death. This is heavily...
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...THE ACCIDENTAL INVESTMENT BANKER This page intentionally left blank THE ACCIDENTAL INVESTMENT BANKER · Inside the Decade That Transformed Wall Street · JONATHAN A. KNEE 1 2006 1 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright © 2006 by Jonathan A. Knee Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available ISBN-13: 978-0-19-530792-4 ISBN-10: 0-19-530792-5 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper For Chaille Bianca and Vivienne Lael and William Grant who says he wants to be an investment banker ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS As a f i r s t - t i m e au t h o r ...
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