The Treasures Of Lemon Brown

Analysis for “The Treasures Of Lemon Brown” “Don't tell me the moon is shining show me the glint of light on broken glass”- Anton Chekhov this quote inspires authors to show not tell which is exactly what Walter Dean Myers does in his story, “ The Treasures Of Lemon Brown”. In his story, Walter Dean Myers uses dialogue and figurative language to develop the mood, setting, and characters of his story. In “ The Treasures Of Lemon Brown”, Walter Dean Myers uses dialogue and figurative language to develop the mood, setting, and characters of his story. In the story, the author demonstrates usage of figurative language to create setting when he writes “Bits of papers danced between the parked cars”. By using a metaphor to create an image
of papers blowing around in the wind, the author helps the reader infer that the street is an empty, abandoned, run-down area. In addition, the author demonstrates usage of figurative language again, to create the mood when he writes “..it’s tires hissing over the wet street and it’s red tail lights glowing in the darkness.” The author helps the reader receive a sense of an eery or creepy mood by using personification to put the reader in the story. Finally, the author demonstrates usage of dialogue to develop characters, when the dad of the main character says “And you want to play basketball?”. they used italics on basketball to emphasize he doesn't want his son playing basketball. By using figurative language and dialogue the author made his story’s mood, setting, and characters clear to the reader.