Essay Analysis: The Treasure of Lemon Brown By: Lauren Davis Why does this title have a peculiar title to it and what is it about? The short story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown,” by Walter Dean Myers, is about a young boy named Greg Ridley who really struggles with school. At the time he was fourteen and failed his math class. His father would always give him lectures about how failing in school is not okay and in turn isn't aloud to play basketball. One day he got so mad that he ran away and
eventually understand why their parents did not let them attend. “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers tells the story of a boy named Greg Ridley who wants to play basketball for the Scorpions. However, Greg’s dad does not let Greg play for them because of his poor grades in school. Greg runs away and meets Lemon Brown, a homeless man, who treats a harmonica and news clippings from his dead son as a treasure. Lemon Brown teaches Greg the importance of family, and at the end of the story
The Treasure of Lemon Brown Short Story Analysis By: Emily Jaramillo Conflict, conflict is something everyone runs into throughout their lives and throughout their day. We deal with conflict in many ways, most conflict we handle subconsciously using our ID, EGO, and SUPEREGO. Our ID is what we want or need, it’s the child within all of us the voice saying you want it, get it. Our EGO has a little different voice it says you will get in trouble but if you really want it, do it. Our SUPEREGO
Analysis of Descriptive Adjectives in Two Stories In any story, the reader needs some way of imagining what the author is writing about. When writing, authors use descriptive words to illustrate what they are trying to convey to the reader and to enhance their story. In the stories "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" by Walter Dean Myers and "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer, both authors use descriptive words to develop the mood of the setting and the characters. In "The Treasure of Lemon
Analysis Of Stylistic Techniques Figurative language is a language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. When the author uses literary language, he or she is stating the facts as they are. Figurative language is very common in poetry, and is also used in prose and nonfiction as well. In the stories “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myer and “ The Contender” by Robert Lipsyte the authors use figurative language to describe the