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Comparing Raymond's Run 'And The Landlady'
Emily Littlefield
Mrs. Stokes
English
19 November 2015
Argumentative Essay
“Things are not as they seem; the first appearance deceives many”who is the quote by - People intend to deceive others by acting nice or giving but in reality they may just hate that one person. Humans use this deceitfulness all the time. Many at work or at school, kids use deceitfulness to hide behind for lying. Adults use this because they have to deal with people at work, and you can't be rude because they would have to see them every day. The theme do appearances often reflect reality is illustrated in “The Landlady” by Edgar-Allen-Poe, “Raymond's Run” by Toni Cade Bambara and “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers.
In “The Landlady” a short story by Roald Dahl, shows the theme appearances don't often reflect reality. The story starts with Billy Weaver who was going find a cheap hotel, when Billy discovers a small motel. Billy rang the doorbell and an old lady appeared, she acted so nice and
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It's about a boy who is struggling with his math grade. Greg’s dad was mad because of this, so when Greg was supposed to be studying Greg got up and took a walk around the block and it started raining. Greg seeked shelter to an abandoned house and thought it was abandoned but there was an old man that lived there. Greg got to know the old man, Greg learned that his name was Lemon Brown. Lemon brown said “ something about treasure” (). Thugs over hear Greg and Lemon’s conversation and believing it's gold or coins. They break in, and Greg saw that Lemon Brown would put his life in front of his treasure. “you really think that treasure of yours was worth fighting for?” “ against a pipe?”. Greg realizes that Lemon Brown wasn't rude, yet nice and concerning. He realized that being homeless doesn't mean, they aren't mean they just lost what they had. When Greg saw him he didn't know he was nice and

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