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Coming Of Age Analysis

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The ways that the roles of older brother Sam and younger brother Tim change throughout the story. In the beginning of the story Tim’s role as a younger brother when Sam was at Yale was he had to milk old Prune and do his brother Sam’s chores. But, at the end of the story his role as a younger brother was the responsibilities of running the tavern with only his mother. Tim also, worried about Sam being a Rebel in the Revolutionary War. The roles of older brother Sam changes in the story. In the beginning of the book Tim admired Sam because he was his older brother. At the end of the story his role was to fight in the war because he wanted the glory.
2. Describe how Tim's own coming of age parallels the wartime "coming of age" of the United …show more content…

This is because, throughout the book Tim transitions from childhood to adulthood. When Sam joins the war Tim must go with his father to Verplanck’s Point to collect goods for the tavern. Tim must work harder in the tavern because of his brother leaving. His own transition is similar to the wartime “coming of age” because during the war your perspective changes on how it affects you. The influences that shape each progression is that when Tim found out his father died on a prison ship he knew he had more responsibilities. In addition, the influences that shape the progression of wartime coming of age is when you lose someone you love.

3. Which death or series of deaths seem to apply most to Father's saying that "In war the dead pay the debts of the living", and why? Sam Meeker and his father’s death seem to apply most to Father’s saying that “In war the dead pay the debts of the living”, The meaning of Father’s saying is that the people who fight in war are also hurting the people that are not at war. For example, Father’s death was because cowboys captured them and threw him on a prison ship. The cowboys insisted Father to not sell the goods to the British even though, the cowboys planned to take the cattle themselves and sell it to anyone who would pay. Sam’s death also, seems to apply to Father’s saying. General Putnam would hang any soldier to set an example to the

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