SAM+PERSUASIVE

Troy Beardsley Sapphire 10/15/07

__My Brother Sam Is Dead__ writing prompt

Dear Sam, It has been hard on us do u want us to be worried I don’t want you to come home with a bullet in your head! I wish for you to come home now! Please, it’s so hard for me and Tim to do work all around the house. Can’t u just give up being solder boy and come hope I mean your own father is dead doesn’t that make you sad and want to come home to support your family. Tim wishes you were hear and I pray for you to come home before something dreadful comes to you. I don’t want another death in my family. You’re too skinny and you looking like you’re going to get sick and I need you home. This letter is dear from my heart and I hope you know that!

I know it must be fun down there always having a good time with your friends. Even in those tuff situations you like to fight. I know that to a person it would seem that you’re fighting for your life and you want to come home to be safe. So it seems to me that you don’t want to come home and you love your life just the way it is. I mean I don’t like mine right now because I’m having so much trouble without you. Especially I don’t want you to die loosing my family is so hard to go though and so sad at the same time.

Fighting and killing is what makes men animals. All they like to do is kill and fight but not you Sam you are just a teenager. You should come home because family should come before everything even your county. You should love your family more than your county. Don’t you think Tim and I suffered enough? He has lost a father and he doesn’t want to loose a brother. This war is becoming out of hand and people think about is killing and look what happened to Ned his head got chopped off and if I ever saw that happen to you I wouldn’t be able to live with myself.

Tim was wondering if you still loved our family? You haven’t been home in 3 years and all you can do is chase the British army. You’ve also haven’t sent much letters so I’m begging to worry more and I want to stop the worrying so come home. If we had father here it would be different but everyday I think about you and him and I cant stop crying and Tim always asks about you and I cant tell him anything because your not there by my side! Tim loves you and says you’re the best brother ever and he wants you there to help him in the tavern and it’s too hard to do everything our self’s don’t your care? I want you to care and I want you to be responsible young man and come home.

The day is getting late and I need you home with me and Tim by the fire and talk like we use to. I don’t want to be worrying about you getting bayoneted in the head and hear a knock on the door with one of the generals holding you saying you’re dead. I know if your father was here and I wasn’t he would say the same.Oh I almost forgot to tell you, your father had said that told me he forgives you. So wouldn’t it make sense to give a favor back?