The Treasure of Lemon Brown There are many ways that writers use to help us visualize their story. The author of The Treasure of Lemon Brown uses a lot of descriptive and figurative language to make the story real . When he uses phrases such as‚ ”Never compare your weakness to other people’s strengths. This text is about the history of this little boy trying to play basketball but‚ his dad doesn’t want him to play‚ he wants him to study a lot a be a good kid in school but‚ after a discussion
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Response to Wendy Lee’s Peeling Bananas It is not often that I have to read an article or essay several times before I can make an appropriate response. As I read Wendy Lee’s article‚ Peeling Bananas‚ I found myself side-tracked by my own thoughts and feelings of being an African American here in the United States. As I read and reread‚ there were several areas that seemed to jump out at me and make me want to respond - what was so important about being referred to like peeling a banana‚ what in my
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The Treasure of Lemon Brown Your family is the greatest treasure. In the short story‚ The Treasure of Lemon Brown by Walter Dean Myers‚ a boy named Greg wants to play basketball‚ but his father says no and gives him a lecture about how he needs to improve his grades to play. Greg goes on a walk and meets an old jazz musician named Lemon Brown. Lemon Brown says that his family is his treasure and everyone should know that that’s their treasure too. This short story shows that family is worth more
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It is possible to get electricity from a lemon (and a few other acidic fruits and vegetables) using two strips of metal. The most readily available combination is copper and zinc. The zinc piece can be taken from the casing of an old carbon "D" cell (battery); some zinc coated nails may work as well. The copper can be a coin containing a high amount of copper. (Note: some recent copper coins‚ including the newer U.S. pennies‚ contain low amounts of copper mixed with zinc. If in doubt‚ use a pure
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Popular 50 Books To Read Before You Die Shelf (showing 1-50 of 4‚019) Life of Pi (Paperback) by Yann Martel (shelved 19 times as 50-books-to-read-before-you-die) avg rating 3.82 — 510‚931 ratings — published 2001 Want to Read Rate this book The Great Gatsby (Paperback) by F. Scott Fitzgerald (shelved 19 times as 50-books-to-read-before-you-die) avg rating 3.76 — 1‚212‚918 ratings — published 1925 Want to Read Rate this book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Paperback) by
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Treasure of Lemon Brown In Walter Dean Myer’s story The 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.
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In "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" Greg Ridley‚ has a problem with his father and his grades. Greg failing math‚ and he’s scared his father is being really hard on him. When Greg’s father was younger he had to drop out of school‚ and he wants Greg to get a good education even though he didn’t get. WIth his math grade being was low and his father‚ Greg would not be able to play basketball‚ and that would upset Greg. Greg’s father knew that his son could do much better in school‚ and so he probably
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The Lemon Grove Incident In 1930 school segregation would disturb the peace between the interracial Mexican and Anglo Community of Lemon Grove‚ California. On July 23‚ 1930 the Lemon Grove School Board began to discuss a PTA request. The Parent Teachers Association had requested the segregation of Mexican American grammar students from Anglo students on account of overcrowding‚ educational differences‚ and a deterioration of sanitation and morals. The School board appealed to build a separate school
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affordable car. But‚ one should not worry. There is a solution to all these annoying questions one just does not know how to answer. This is how the Magnuson Moss warranty act comes into this situation. The "lemon law" is a subdivision of this act. The Magnuson-Moss warranty act‚ when tied with the lemon law‚ ’ helps a person of the purchased new car‚ ensure that they will have the rights to have a properly functioning car. The following will explain what exactly this law is and how it is applied to the
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Electrolyte Challenge Sport Drinks vs. Orange Juice By: Clem L. Vinegar Jr. Mr. Wells February 2‚ 2013 I. Project Question- The question I am trying to answer is which drink between water‚ Gatorade‚ propel‚ PowerAde‚ and a homemade drink. II. Hypothesis- My hypothesis is that orange juice will have more electrolytes than the other drinks because of the natural electrolytes it contains from oranges. I also think that Gatorade will be the most preferred drink
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