The Role Of Stacy In The Treasure Of Lemon Brown

Both “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolfs,” written by Karen Russell, and “ A Good Man is Hard to Find,” by Flannery O’Connor, share two dramatic characters that, even though they aren’t the main characters, play very important roles in the development of the story. In “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolfs,” we have Mirabella who, though she is not the main character, helps keep the reader in check with what the girls once were with her independent ways of going against the grain. In “A Good Man in Hard to Find” we have the Grandmother who is a selfish woman and pessimistic who has no respect from her family. Both Mirabella and the Grandmother’s erroneous and ill-mannered actions prove to separate them from their families, which

In the realistic fiction story, "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" by Walter Dean Myers, Greg Ridley a fourteen-year-old boy, starts off by getting a lecture from his dad, about his poor grades in math. Greg is upset and he walks away from his house to get some alone time. As Greg is walking, a rainstorm strikes. While he is trying to find shelter, he comes upon an abandoned apartment complex. As Greg walks in he finds out that he isn't the only one in the apartment, an old man named Lemon Brown is also there. Lemon is there for a different reason though. He is trying to hide his treasure, an old harmonica, from the neighborhood thugs. The thugs weren't successful in getting Lemon's treasure. Greg returns home with a valuable lesson learned, that he should value things in life. Greg changes from the beginning of the story to the end of the story. At the beginning, Greg was careless about his grades in math. Next, he was curious when looking for a place to hide from the rain. Lastly, he ends the story off by being a caring person when he continuously asked Lemon Brown if he was okay. Greg Ridley was a dynamic character who changed from careless, to curious, to caring, after his encounters with Lemon Brown.

One example of povert in The Other Wes Moore is when Mary got rejected from her pell grant. When Mary was attending college as the first in her family ever to make it there, but she has just received a letter telling her that her

William Gay’s short story, “The Paperhanger” does an excellent job illustrating the theme that, “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” Today’s society is so focused on outward appearances, that they tend to forget this popular idiom. This expression can be interpreted in many ways, both literally, and abstractly. While a book may appear fun and adventurous on the outside cover, the inside context may lack excitement and adventure. On the other hand, those that look sweet and innocent on the outside may be manipulative and evil at the core. Moreover, those that seem rough around the edges may be the sweetest, most kindhearted individuals on the inside. The main character in “The Paperhanger” is a great example of a man whose outward appearances and actions do not match his inner personality traits. While the paperhanger appears honorable to the outside world, deep down he is devious and spiteful.

“Behind every person is a story, behind every story is a person. So think before you judge,because judging someone doesn’t labels who you are.” -Via Phoebe is a character In Walk Two moons by Sharon Creech who is very nervous she judges people before she even knows them.In Walk Two Moons, Phoebe contributes to the theme of the novel, which is, “Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his moccasins,” when she misjudges her mom, Ms. Cadaver, and the lunatic.

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 Book Four of Brown Girl, Brownstones, Selina Boyce grows from a conceited juvenile who attempts to detach herself from her people into a young adult who acknowledges her duties to her race and appreciates her individuality at the same time through an epiphany of her inseparable black identity.

In both “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and “A Rose for Emily,” the authors portray primary female leads which depict many typical and sometimes stereotypical, Southern ideals and values. In “A Good Man is Hard to Find, “the lead character, the Grandmother, epitomizes the stereotype of an elderly southern woman. O’Connor skillfully conveys the Grandmother’s superficiality by describing the over-the-top outfit she wears on the day of the trip, writing, “Her collars and cuffs were white organdy trimmed with lace and at her neckline she had pinned a purple spray of cloth violets containing a sachet. In case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once that she was a lady” (406). The Grandmother assigns value to being a “lady” among all other virtues, placing the physical appearance of herself and others of the utmost importance. The grandmother is also nostalgic of the past, and constantly reminisces about the

Living in the tall skyscrapers and smoggy air of Harlem is very different than living in a small town with barns and grassy fields. You will see how living in Harlem effects parenting, compared to the parenting in a normal neighborhood. In this essay on The Treasure of Lemon Brown by Walter Dean Myers, the differences in parenting style, discipline of grades, and activeness of fathers between Greg’s father and my father are made clear.

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 ended up in some old run-down building with graffiti all over it. Greg has four big coming of age moments all throughout this story. Coming of age moments are big moments that happen in life. His first big moments is failing his first math class.

My great aunt, on my grandfather’s side, was a beautiful woman in her time. She was a tall 5’5 with long french hair that rested in little curls at the ends. Her skin was a light coffee color much like mine. Her facial features displayed an uncharacteristically delicate quality for her environment. she was a nexus for all types of attention, good and bad. When she was at the ripe age of sixteen a man, almost twice her age arrived to the front porch. He intended to inquire about a date. when the doorbell rang he crooked a sly smile, not expecting to be greeted by the stoic face of my great grandfather. My great grandmother exact words were something like “That burly man weren’t expecting your grand daddy. His smiled dropped so quick you could feel the breeze.” I can

Everyone at one point has judged a book by its cover. In the short story, “Cathedral”, Raymond Carver creates a narrator who bases off ideas and assumptions about blind people from movies. The narrator has never interacted with a blind person before the day where his wife invites her friend, who is named Robert, to stay. The narrator and Robert have never met, but the narrator has a strong dislike towards Robert before meeting. The narrator’s closed-mindedness and misconceptions leads him to judge Robert, however after a few hours of interaction, the narrator learns more about him and grows to have a new perspective about people not being who they think they are.

Are you sometimes surprised that something is not as it seems? Not everything comes at surface value. You can’t judge how a violin sounds based on how it looks; sometimes the most beautiful melodies can come out of the ugliest instrument. We can see that here, in Tom Sawyer. Who knew that a small boy who didn’t wear shoes and splattered paint all over his brother’s face would one day save the lives of two people? Contrasted to Sid, who always wore nice clothes and had neat hair, but always tried to get Tom in trouble and always be perfect. Another example we can see of this is Injun Joe. Everybody thought he was innocent at first, but he actually pinned it on somebody else. However, everybody figured out that he wasn’t innocent when he threw

For example, In the story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan she talks about her life as a kid and how hard her mother was on her. Her mother was trying to make her a prodigy at playing piano even though Jing-mei did not want to. “Why don’t you like me the way I am? I’m not a genius!

This is the final book of this series and tells the story of gorgeous Greek Captain Constantine Cortelis, and beautiful red-headed purser, Casey Campbell, whose story has woven through the previous six books. Con and Casey’s troubles begin in Casandra’s Revenge, Book 4, when the captain bids on the beautiful passenger and ex-jewel thief, Barbie Baxter, in the charity Sub Auction on the singles cruise. It was ill-advised and Con and Casey break up. Con can’t seem to make it right over the next several voyages, and the captain and purser have had a hard row. On the cruise to the Greek Islands and Con’s home in Athens, the ship encounters a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic and pirates in the Mediterranean Sea. Casey and Con have finally