The Mood of My Brother Sam

is Dead

By: Caroline Glickert

The Mood is Tragic

The story is tragic because:The story is tragic because:

Ned’s head got chopped off by the soldiers. Pg. 145 Ned’s head got chopped off by the soldiers. Pg. 145

It was also tragic because:

Their father gets taken on a prison ship by cow-boys and dies. Pg.165

Another example of why it is tragic:

Another example of why it is tragic:

When Colonel Read came in and told Tim and his mother that Sam’s punishment of being accused of stealing cattle is getting shot. Pg. 192

When Colonel Read came in and told Tim and his mother that Sam’s punishment of being accused of stealing cattle is getting shot. Pg. 192

The story is most tragic because:

Sam gets shot for being accused of stealing his family’s cattle when he was really trying to catch the people who did. Pg. 208

The End