Comparison Of Dialogue In The Treasure Of Lemon Brown And The Treasure Of Lemon Brown

Within Walter Dean Myers story, The Treasure of Lemon Brown, descriptive adjectives and verbs help display mood, provide a visualization for the reader, and shape the setting.

The story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown,” is a story that tells the tale of how Greg Ridley is having a bad day. His grades are low, and he is going to be kicked off the basketball team by his dad because of his latest math grade. Things start to turn when Greg stumbles upon the abandoned tenement that Old Man Lemon Brown lives in. In there, he learns an important lesson that will change him forever. In “The Treasure of Lemon Brown,” the author, Walter Dean Myers, expresses the theme that everyone has their niche, or how Lemon Brown calls it, a ‘Treasure’ and the lesson to not judge a book by it’s cover. This theme connects to main character Greg Ridley, who is having trouble with

            In this story, the narrator gives us the important clues that lead us to the theme by letting us know what the characters think.  For example, when the Jerry's mother says "Of course he's old

The Grapes of Wrath has become one of America’s most popular and influential novel. Throughout the story, Steinbeck's purpose of showing to his audience the struggles people had to go through during the Depression. Steinbeck’s use of rhetorical devices are able to bring in outside information that he learned to make this novel and intertwine it with a story plot that shocked America. Steinbeck shows us his purpose throughout the novel Steinbeck used the devices of juxtaposition, pathos, and a variety of prose styles to emphasize his purpose and to bring the story of a family moving west to life. One technique used to separate the parts of the novel is juxtaposition.

The author, Baylee Dean of the story “Click” creates an inquisitive mood towards Jackie by using dialogue. Opening the story Mark is calling out Joe to make fun about the boy’s diary even though the reader does not know who the boy is or what is happening. The speaker starts playing “a voice that belongs to an old man…[with] his horrid voice” (Dean 1). Dean switches to another dialogue which belongs to a horrid voice old man as she describes it and

Each person has their own exclusive voice. In chapter three of To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Scout and Walter develop a quarrel between each other, but Jem, Scout's older brother, ends their fight and instead befriends Walter. This essay is more about Scout's voice and how it shows how she is curious and emotional. Through the use of diction, imagery, and syntax, the narrator shows her voice.

Stephen King once said, Writing good dialogue is art as well as craft.” By using great dialogue it helps develop descriptive thoughts and mood in the reader's mind and helps them envision what the author was visioning. In the story’s Treasure of Lemon Brown by Walter Dean Myers and Canyons by Gary Paulsen use dialogue to develop the mood of the story.

Language and grammar can greatly affect of even change the entire course of a story. Since everyone has their own way of speaking, the usage of certain words or phrases can help us to understand the personality or choices of a specific character. For example, in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, every single character has a different dialect. By listening to their speech and usage of grammar for only a short period of time, you can tell if that person is well-educated. In addition, you can tell if they are old or young. Even though everyone in the novel speaks a little differently, the most contrasting dialects are those of Bob Ewell, Jean Louise “Scout” Finch. and Calpurnia.

Have you ever been punished and it wasn’t fair? The main character Greg isn’t allowed to play basketball because he is being punished for a failing math grade. Instead of going to study, Greg goes to an abandoned building where he meets Lemon Brown. In the short story “the Treasure of Lemon Brown” written by Walter Dean Myers, the main character Greg’s attitude changes for the better after meeting Lemon Brown.

“Every man got a treasure.” While walking home in the dark streets of Harlem, Greg Ridley ran into a downpour. Greg stopped by an abandoned building to elude the rain. He meets an old Blues singer, “Sweet” Lemon Brown. Brown shows the young man how a little care goes a long way. In the short story The Treasure of Lemon Brown, Walter Dean Myers presents the theme of valuing the little things in life.

Through dialogue, the reader learns more about how each character interacts with others (characters, groups, etc) and their opinions of climbing the mountain. Through dialogue, the reader discovers how Mr. Krakauer learns about other characters/ climbing parties, and about the rescue and search groups that went out on the mountain to rescue others on the night of May 10th and the morning of May 11th. For example, we learn about how Mr. Krakauer helped others through his dialogue with his fellow

“Don’t try nothin’ cause I got a razor here sharp enough to cut a week into nine days!” Lemon Brown says in the story “The treasure of Lemon Brown” Lemon Brown, homeless and poverty-stricken, lives in an old tenant building. On a rainy day he comes upon a young man named Greg Ridley whose dream is to play on the scorpions a, prestigious basketball team. Mr. Brown son died in the war breaking his heart. He explains that every man has a treasure.

Dialogue is the way that the author is able to tell the story using different characters. Mildred Taylor. “Stacy,’ said Little Man excitedly, ‘Whaddaya think they gonna do us? Burn us?” (Taylor 53). The children just heard the dangers of what might happen to them, if they were, found guilty, for destroying the bus. The readers lean that even children’s lives, are in danger, to keep an unfair peace. This concludes, the mood for the story “Its… it’s them again. They’s ridin’ tonight” (Taylor 60). Mr. Avery said this, after he received information, that the KKK is riding. He recommends that they all stay close, and be prepared for anything. This shows that the blacks live in a constant fear of being attacked and separated from their families. The mood is that life is to valuable to risk, therefore you need to always be away of

How does using Figurative language help a story evolve? How do we implement dialogue into a story to improve the storytelling of the story? By using Figurative language and the combined powers to keep the story flowing in creativity and imagination. Figurative Language helps keep the image in the reader's mind by rolling out with different aspects of the story and by just adding a little dialogue creates a story for where conversation from character to character can happen but how does these two “powers” work together for a even better story than it already is? By adding dialogue we get the first / third person mindset of what is happening in the character / reader's mind which creates a vortex for the reader to immerse themselves of how every

In the short story, “ The Treasure of Lemon Brown”, by Walter Dean Myers, Greg, the main protagonist, develops greatly throughout the story. For example, Greg was unmotivated towards school and oblivious to others at first. He was more focused on basketball than his grades or his father’s words. For instance, it states, “He had not been allowed to play high school ball, which he really wanted to do,” (Myers 181). Usually, bad grades or lack of focus is a result of having other distractions. Greg was more focused on basketball than school or his dad’s lectures. However, not only was Greg unmotivated in school, he also was ungrateful. Greg did not understand the significance of family when