families, there is a father that helps out everyone; to the Meeker’s, the war had taken that member away. In the story, Life, the father of the Meeker’s, is against the Rebels and therefore he is considered an enemy of the colonies’ freedom. Considering that he is a Tory, an enemy of the Patriots, when he and his son, Tim, are on the way back from their annual trip to Vernplanck’s Point, Life is captured and sent to a prison ship. This was a huge devastation because a while before this event was the departure…
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