Figurative Language In The Treasure Of Lemon Brown

Louis L’amour, A western novelist, once stated “Start writing. no matter what, The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” This quote is important because when you start writing you can describe the story however you want . In the story, “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers, the author uses descriptive adjectives to develop an imagine. The author also uses figurative language to develop the mood in the story and to develop the characters. In “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” the author uses descriptive adjectives to develop characters and an image. First, the author stated “Graffiti scarred building to the grim shadows.” Here author uses descriptive language when describing the setting to help set the eerie mood of the story, it was eerie because of the shadows and that it's near a graffiti filled building. Secondly, another way the authored showed that he used descriptive adjectives was, “Small pale green kitchen.”
First, he used personification to develope a setting in the story. “Gust of wind made bits of paper dance between the parked cars,” this describes the setting because of how dirty the street was, and also describes the setting. Therefore the reader infers that there is trash in the streets and maybe not a nice neighborhood. The author also added a simile quoting, “Father’s words like the distant thunder that now echoed through the streets of harlem still rumbled softly in his ears.” This simile states that Greg’s father is big, strict, and possibly an aggressive parent because he’s so loud that Greg is probably afraid of him. Finally Walter Dean Myers used another simile saying, “Then voice high and brittle like dry twigs being broken surely not one.” This simile helps the reader infer that the person who is speaking is not as strong, big, and intimidating as Greg’s father because of how high pitched the voice