What Is The Theme Of Irony In My Brother Sam Is Dead

My Brother Sam is Dead is a novel that focuses on one family’s struggle during the Revolutionary War. It is written by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier. The book focuses on the Meeker family, a family of four, during the time of the American Revolution. Mr. Meeker is strongly opposed to the war because he had fought in one before and saw the horrors that it brought. Sam Meeker, the eldest son, is a patriot. He is a strong-willed boy who wants to fight for his country. Tim Meeker, the younger son, starts out conflicted. He is too young to fight in the army, and he does not want to choose either side. He feels that choosing a side would be choosing either his father or his brother and he didn't want to do that. This family lived in Redding, Connecticut, which was a town made up of mostly Tories.

It was able to clearly depict what the Revolution was truly like. The book showed the Revolution in a way that had not been done in a book written for younger audiences. The authors were able to show the impact the war made on families through the Meeker family. They were able to show that in times of war, sides sometimes turned on each other so that they could continue fighting. What surprised me was how the authors used irony to prove their points. The use of irony helped move the plot along, and it made the story easy to read and follow along with. Irony helped show that in times of war, sides don’t exactly matter. You could be a patriot, but then be killed by your own friends, or you could be a loyalist and be killed at the hands of the British. During war, everyone must care for