American Dream

Author's Note: This is my compare and contrast essay called American Dream this is my piece proving my understanding of compare and contrast

The book, My Brother Sam is Dead is about young Tim a boy who is growing up during the Revolutionary War. And all he ever wanted was to join the Rebel Army and fight with his older brother Sam. He found a chance to help his father give the soldiers food. He was overjoyed to be able to help his father. But once he sees a glimpse of the war, his mindset changes. He is frightened to be in the war. A majority of the people were more than afraid to fight against the British because they know what they’re capable of. But they fought anyway because they wanted nothing more but to gain their independence from the British. But this is clearly fiction and different from the real world in many ways.

The Hessian were the most ruthless soldiers the British could afford. They were hired to fight for King George to win against the colonists. They were like this in the book but also in reality. The Hessian's were very determined to beat the Colonists because if they didn’t they wouldn’t get paid. The Hessian's in the book seemed very evil and didn’t believe sparing lives of people--Even children! But they seemed like they were the same way in real life.

The Hessian may have been determined, but not as much as the Americans. The Americans weren’t getting money in return for winning. They were gaining their independence and freedom. Sam is an example of a dedicated American soldier. He wanted nothing more than to win the war and come back home to his family with dignity. If there weren’t soldiers like him the Americans would’ve never won. That is major similarity between the two.

Not only were there similarities, there were also many differences too. One way they were different was there was there weren’t rebel armies fighting until the end of the war. And also Sam wasn’t a real soldier he was a fictional character created to give an interesting plot to the story. He was too young to fight in the war any way. Also the largest difference is that the Hessian's weren’t allowed to kill American soldiers without the British consent.

In conclusion, the book had lots of facts and was very similar to real life. Some of the differences made the book a little far fetched and was hard to believe. But it still had similar realistic comparisons in the book that made it factual. Although Sam wasn’t a real soldier he had the personality of soldiers in the war that believed in freedom and made the Americans win the war.