elements to enhance their stories. Both “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”‚ by Walter Dean Myers‚ and “The Lottery”‚ by Shirley Jackson‚ use literary elements to enhance their stories. In “The Treasure of Lemon Brown‚” Theme is used to create a message encrypted into the story. In “The Lottery” foreshadowing is used to make it seem as if you should have anticipated the ending. This helps to form a more unique style for each story. In “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” Theme is used to create a point within the
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In the story‚ "The Treasure of Lemon Brown‚" there is a 14-year-old boy named Greg Ridley. Greg is a young athlete striving to be a part of his local Rec. team in basketball‚ but his dreams are soon crushed by a letter home from school. The letter‚ from the school board‚ stayed if Greg doesn’t take his math class more seriously he will fail. After coming home and giving the letter to his father‚ his father gives him a longs lecture about the importance of school. Then‚ instead of going upstairs to
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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 short story‚ “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”‚ by Walter Dean Myers explores the values of Greg Ridley‚ a fourteen-year-old boy who wants to play basketball but can’t because of his low grade in math. John Steinbeck’s novel‚ The Pearl‚ is about Kino and his family‚ who are poor‚ but when he finds the pearl he thinks that it will help him and his family ‚but that soon changes when he goes to sell the pearl and as he becomes corrupt with greed. In both the “Treasure of Lemon Brown” and The Pearl‚ the
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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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In the short story “The Treasure Of Lemon Brown” and the novel “The Pearl”‚ the main characters are having an internal problem that changes throughout the story‚ due to their sense of what is really important. Both characters are similar because towards the end they realize what really matters. Their internal conflict also is similar‚ because of the experienced changed in how they value family. In the story “ The Treasure of Lemon Brown” Greg’s experiences change his sense of what is important
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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
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everyone has a treasure! The story‚ “Treasure of Lemon Brown‚” is a story about an old man that had a special treasure. In the story‚ Lemon Brown told Greg what a treasure is and what his own treasure was. Lemon Brown taught him That a treasure is a special thing in life. One of the main characters was Lemon Brown. Lemon Brown was an old‚ poor man with rags as clothes. He lived in an old‚ abandoned building and got his clothes out of the nearest dumpster. In the story‚ When lemon Brown and Greg were
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Family). In The Pearl by John Steinbeck‚ Kino is man who is satisfied with his life and family; in “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers‚ Greg is a boy who is disrespectful toward his father. As the stories continued‚ Kino because unsatisfied when he found a pearl and began dreaming about a better future; Greg started to respect his father because Lemon Brown showed him the treasure and Greg understood his father is trying to do what is best for him. Finally‚ is unpredictable at the end
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always looking for that x under the ocean. Not every person’s treasure is riches however. In the story of “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” Greg is a teen living in Harlem. He his having bad grades in school and his dad won’t let him play basketball because of it. Two nights later Greg goes to an old building. There he meets Lemon Brown. They talk and thieves break in. The thieves are looking for Lemon Brown’s treasure. However Lemon Brown’s treasure isn’t riches. It’s something he holds dear to him‚ a harmonica
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