Walk of a Lifetime

     In the novel My Brother Sam is Dead there are many terrible events that take place. Yet for every event there is a purpose behind it. Sometimes it the result is worth the risk and sometimes it ends up for the worst and multiple people get hurt. Especially in the aspect of war.
     There are many major events that have a cause and effect in this novel.One major example is during the winter they were running out of resources and they need to get to the new york area to sell cattle. His dad isn't really he is jut against the war. They were stopped by rebels because they were afraid that they would sell the cattle to the lobster backs. So the rebels roughed them up a little bit then an escort came and took them to their destination. They sold their cattle in exchange for many supplies needed to keep a tavern open. On their way back they ran into some trouble, it started to snow. They decided to keep on  chugging and go through the snow. Tim's dad would go a head come back and check up on him, after a while Tim got suspicious  because his dad hadn't come back in a while. Tim was getting worried after a while he didn't bother so he sat down ate some jerky and drank some wine and got drunk. The whole way home he put each foot in front of the other until he was back at the tavern. Later in the story on a British prison ship Tim's dad had died. Now the cause in this example from the novel would be that they had to go because they were running out of supplies and it was also their annual run.There are many effects of this.They were all bad except one Tim realized he had to become a man and he did. All the other effects were bad mourning in the community/family, another unneeded death to separate the colonists and the British plus taking away the "Life" of the tavern(Tim's dads name meant life,).
     Sure there are many other examples with their very own causes and effects, but this was a turning point in the book.He would never have risked his life to try to help his brother or other man like things. When everything is said and done, what is done is done. But everyone is  wondering how much of this book is true. Well all of it is except the actions of the characters, the writers were just predicting how they would act. That  is what made this book a Newbery Honor Book.