Sam and his dad's fight

Point Of View
Authors note: This is a point of view essay from the book My Brother Sam is Dead. The scene that Sam had ran away from home after a fight he got into with his dad.

When Sam came home from college he had shocked his family by what he was wearing. He was wearing an American uniform and said he was going to fight the British, this shocked everyone because the Meeker family were all for the British ruling America. There was a small argument between Sam and his dad which lead to the big argument that Sam and his dad had the next day. Tim, Sam’s younger brother, had woken up to the shouts of Sam and his dad, he went down stairs to see the two arguing they were both mad and it had ended with Sam leaving and running away.

From the dad’s point of view he was mad but he was also worried, he was mad because he was ok with the British and that was what he believed in and Sam was raised with the same belief. But Sam had changed his view on the British and wanted to be free, he was worried because Sam could get killed by the British in battle and he would be heartbroken if one of his sons died, like after Sam runs away there are quotes by the dad that states he is somewhat worried about Sam, like when Mr. Heron came to the tavern and asked the dad if Tim can deliver a message to Fairfield and father said” No, I’ve already lost one son in this war and I’m not going to lose another one”.

From Sam’s point of view he wants to fight for what he believes in and he believes that the colonies should be free, so he wants to fight for his freedom as well as the other patriots. He knows that he is making his father mad by not supporting England but he changed his beliefs, he is putting his life on the line to fight an impossible war because at that time England had the most powerful army in the world, it was very improbable that the colonists were going to win and they knew that but they had the drive to go and at least to try like Sam did.

That was the point of view from Sam’s perspective and his dads perspective of the fight that happened in the book.