The Treasure Of Lemon Brown Character Analysis

Unit 1 Essay

“Every man has a treasure.” The Pearl was written by John Steinbeck, and “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers. Kino is very happy at the beginning, and then starts to get worse, because of when he finds the pearl, and he starts out by being violent. Greg Ridley was so excited to play basketball, but then he realizes there are things more important. Both Greg in “The Treasure of Lemon Brown’” and Kino from The Pearl go through life experiences that change their ideas of what is important.

In The Pearl, events in Kino’s life cause him to change from the beginning to the end of the story. “ It was a morning like other mornings and yet perfect among mornings.” This is a quote from The Pearl shows that Kino is content with his life. Even though Kino is poor, he is happy and not searching for other things to come into his life. “ ...Juana stared at him with wide unfrightened eyes like a sheep before the butcher. She knew there was murder on him…” This shows that the pearl is taking over kino and that
Kino realized that he should take more time with his family.Greg cared a lot about basketball, but he had to take power over his