Bang! The shot fired by Gabriel hit a redcoat square in the chest. Being his father, Benjamin sat watching from a short distance. Picking up another blood stained rusty musket, he took aim and fired, connecting with his target. What would you do if your oldest son decided to go fight in the revolutionary war, with your side having barely a slim chance at winning? During both the movie The Patriot and the book My Brother Sam is Dead that is exactly what happens. Many similarities, and many differences occur between the two, but there are more similarities.
There are many similarities between both the book and the movie. For example, the main character Tim from My Brother Sam is Dead, has to watch his older brother walk off to the war to fight for the colonists, even though his family is loyal to England. Benjamin, who is the main character from The Patriot, has to watch his son walk off to war not knowing if he will ever see him again. Both of the kids that walked off to war were around 17-18 in age, and they both told their fathers the same thing before they left. They both said, “My duty to my country comes first before anything else.” When Sam did that from the book, his father got extremely angry, but when Gabriel said that, his father only tried desperately to talk him out of it. Should they both have listened to their fathers advice, or will they have made the right decision?
Although there are many similarities between the two, they also have many differences. For example, Sam from the book belongs to a Tory family, which means that when he went to fight for the colonists, it was almost treason to his family. Being a soldier has to be tough, because you almost leave everything your family had ever believed in, to go fight in some crazy war that no one thinks you can win. Gabriel on the other hand had a family loyal to the Colonies. When he walked out, his family did not think badly of him at all, they were just worried that he would be killed. Another difference is that in The Patriot, Gabriel’s father Benjamin came into the war with him after a while, just to get his revenge. Without the men, the family has to go into hiding which makes just staying alive quite difficult.Life (Sams Dad) from the book My Brother Sam is Dead however,does not want any part of the war. The two fathers’ are completely different except for the fact that they both hated the idea of their sons going into war.
Even though there are many differences between the book and the movie, there were definitely more similarities. Although Benjamin and Sam’s father thought differently, they both wanted the same thing, which was to have their sons out of the war. In the end, Gabriel and Sam made the wrong decision. Gabriel was stabbed and died in Benjamin’s arms, while Sam was shot for treason to his troops. Even though the movie and the book end a little differently, the end result is that same. The Patriot and My Brother Sam is Dead had a lot in common, and not much different.
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