he must have been 13-16 yearsold becuse since sam has been fighting for 3 years
The book does not specify the exact age of Tim Meeker. But, you picture him to be around 14. His brother Sam is 16 at the beginning of the novel, and Tim is probably a few years or so younger than him.
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Sam went to hide in the old shad bake.
Sam Meeker (Tim's older brother) is executed by his fellow soldiers at age 16, after being accused of stealing cattle.
44
34 years old
dead
No he is currently alive at 63 years old.
Tim Burgess - artist - was born on 1967-05-30.
If Sam is 5 years old, Tom is three times older or 15 years old making him 10 years older than Sam. Therefore when Sam is 20, Tom wlll still be 10 years older. Tom will be 30 years old.
There are many different reasons why. The cows could've been old and no longer productive in producing a milk or a calf, Sam and Tim were low on meat and needed food, so the cows were the only source of meat that they had, or Sam and Tim where going to move away and couldn't bring the cows along, but needed meat for their journey.
Deuteronomy ch.25.