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Analysis: My Brother Sam Is Dead

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People always have opinions on things. Weather it’s about a big thing like who the president should be or about a very little thing like what to have for dinner. In the book, “My Brother Sam Is Dead” by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier everybody has an opinion on what is happening in the book. This is why the author uses tone. Tone helps so that we can receive the character’s feelings and thoughts on the war. Without tone, the story wouldn’t have a fully developed

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