“War is never fair,” Colonel Read admitted (Collier and Collier 200). In the book, My Brother Sam is Dead, the authors James and Christopher Collier show that war is never fair and they are against it. They use Tim and Sam Meeker to show how it is not fair. The authors use separation of families, gruesome killings, and principle versus realities to show that they are against war. War has many effects on people and has taken many innocent lives. In My Brother Sam is Dead the authors show that both sides can be uncivilized and not just the Patriots. In war, many families have been separated for the different perspectives on the war. “ Sir it’s worth dying to be free.”
That made father mad. “ Free? Free to do what Sam? Free to mock your King?” (Collier and Collier 7) Mr.Meeker gets so angry with Sam that he kicks him out of the house until he comes dressed as his son. Mr.Meeker is scared to lose his son over this war that he has caused his son to go away. Sam also tries to steal the Brown Bess from his father or else he would get hanged for leaving the camp and not having a weapon. Separation is only one of the many ways that war have affected many people.
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When the Rebels came to fire at the redcoats the Rebels did not know what to do with the black slaves.
"There are some damned blacks in here, what shall we do with