canal is only 8 miles away and the land was big enough. One of the important reasons Greg chose the site is because of the transport links. The bridge water canal would provide easy shipping of cotton near to the mill‚ then the last few miles would have to be done by horse and cart. Manchester is close to Styal‚ this is good because Manchester was one of the biggest industrial cities and this would provide Greg with workers and raw materials. Liverpool is relatively close to Styal. Geographical
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What do you think the theme is for ‘The Treasure of Lemon Brown?’ This story is about Greg meeting Lemon Brown‚ and learning what Lemon’s treasure is. I think that the theme of this story is to respect your father more and understand their perspective. Reading this story‚ I realized many clues that led Greg to finally understand why his father is so strict on him. Greg’s meeting with Lemon Brown probably gave him a new perspective to his life. The first clue why I think that the theme to this
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The first book begins with an introduction to Gregory (Greg) Heffley and his middle school life. It takes place during his sixth grade year. The book also explains the "cheese touch" early on. It is similar to the game of tag in which the person who touched the moldy cheese at the blacktop which has never been bothered to be taken off‚ after it had accidentally fallen out of someone’s sandwich‚ a year earlier‚ had to get rid of it by touching someone else. In the first half of the book‚ events such
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The protagonist in the book “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” is Greg. Greg is a senior in high school who does not have too many friends. He has one close friend named Earl who is also a senior in high school. They get along very well because they both really enjoy cinema and making films. Although besides that Greg does not have too many friends. He likes to be alone and not really be recognized by anybody. Greg has been friends with a girl named Rachel since sixth grade. Rachel was recently diagnosed
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The Third Wheel Author: Jeff Kinney Page #: 217 Greg is a boy in middle school‚ and as the valentines day dance is coming closer he struggles to find a date to the dance. At lunch time the dance committee sells candy grams‚ which are invitations to the dance. Greg doesn’t get any. This makes him call his best friend Rowley Jefferson for help. Rowley helps Greg but trying to make him look attractive‚ but it fails. One day Rowley tells Greg that their is a girl named Abigail Brown and her
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important to someone‚ not necessarily something that can be bought with money. Synopsis Fourteen year-old Greg Ridley gets into an argument with his father over his bad grades and his father forbids him to play basketball. Greg wanders into an abandoned building in Harlem‚ New York and meets a homeless man‚ Lemon Brown. After chasing away some thugs who try to steal Lemon Brown’s treasure‚ Greg begins to understand the legacies fathers can pass on to their sons and the true meaning of treasures.
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thought to be a Mexican”‚ says Greg. The Thing with Greg is he doesn’t know what he is because of being adopted. His mother was white he knew for a fact but she passed away when he was born due to the doctors giving her the wrong blood type. Now his father he never knew anything about‚ ran out on his mother before Greg was born but more will be said about him later. Greg would go from family to family of Pomo Indians living on farms looking for small jobs to do. Greg would do farm work such as milking
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Treasure of Lemon Brown a teenager named Greg meets Lemon Brown and shows him a lesson about what is truly valuable in life. The theme of this story is “Everyman has a treasure” (Pg. 475). When Greg finds out about Lemon Brown’s treasure he automatically thinks of something value in money not something emotionally value. But Lemon Brown teaches him that everyone has some kind of treasure and that it doesn’t have to have money value. The story begins with Greg leaving his house from having an argument
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understood by others when Lemon Brown tells Greg about his treasure‚ when Lemon Brown tells Greg about his son‚ and when Greg’s father lectures him about hard work. The idea that the value of some items aren’t easily understood is shown when Lemon Brown‚ a homeless man‚ tells Greg he has a treasure. Greg can’t quite wrap his head around the idea that he could have one. He says‚ “They were talking about treasures. Do you really have a treasure” (185)? Greg doesn’t understand how a poor man with no
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one person‚ Greg Mortenson. Here are some similarities and differences from both upstanders. To start off‚ who is Greg Mortenson? He is a person who sold everything he owned to help build schools in Pakistan. He also devoted all of his time in those few and obtained a job for doing so. I can easily find similarities between him and the Red Cross. For instance‚ both had the bravery to enter at their own risk. The Red Cross members die and almost die because of going to Rwanda. Greg Mortenson sold
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