The Treasure Of Lemon Brown

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.

People often think of family as positive, loving, and with no flaws. However, there is almost a stereotype that all families love each other and there aren’t problems or challenges in a family. Sometimes families put people through challenges and some families aren’t “perfect”. In the book Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff, Jolly has two kids and goes through challenges with her family. Most careful readers can see how Jolly has these challenges with her kids and how she is far off from the “perfect” family. She goes through many of these challenges in life and finds a way to overcome them. Jollys family shapes her identity because the challenges she faces ends up making her stronger. Jeremy and Jilly challenging her, LaVaughn helping her out, and her past family all shape her identity.

After he got done the teacher graded them and he got a 100%. He was really suprised and happy he thought he was going to fail the test because he did not study. So as the day went pass after school they had basketball practice. The only thing they were is working on there plays and doing shooting drills. They had a game coming up and Shawn is ready to play.

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.

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

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 of 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 their 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 from it’s cover. This theme connects to main character Greg Ridley, who is having trouble with his math grades. He later realizes how he will find

Ellen Hunnicutt once said “. . . figurative language adds pizzazz. It raise work above the plain, the dull, the ordinary.” This quote explains how using figurative language helps create a more interesting and useful way of expressing a tone of a character or event.Figurative language is a uses of words, phrases, and sentences to help to make the characters and story line come more to live in the reader’s mind. Some examples of Figurative languages are similes, metaphors, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia, and many more. Figurative language help the reader see tone and mood in each of the example of figurative language because the reader can see or image the event or character in their mind. In a story, poem, or any form of writing, figurative language is extremely important to a reader because if a sentence didn’t have figurative language the reader may not find the story or poem interesting or even find it confusing and difficult to understand.In addition the use of figurative language is crucial when an author is writing. In the stories “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers and The Pigman, By Paul Zindel, the authors used Figurative language to develop the tone of their stories so that that the reader can visualize it in their mind.

Greg and from “The treasure of Lemon Brown,” is one of the main characters.He is a kid around kid middle school and loves basketball.In the beginning of the book we find out that Greg is failing math and may not be able to play basketball because the way Greg acts impacts his dad because his dad wants him to do good in school so he will do good in life.That is one of the two people Greg impacts in the story.Lemon Brown is another character that Greg impacts.They meet when Greg tries to escape the rain by going into an abandon house and meets Lemon Brown.They end up chasing away crooks after the criminals tried to steal from them.After this situation Lemon Brown realizes that he isn’t lonely anymore and that someone cares for him.

Ashleigh’s choice was to obey her dad.Ashleigh had a tough choice to make,she could either leave her mom’s money and not touch it like her mom had always told her,or she could obey her dad who said he needed it.She made the decision of obeying her dad and stole the money,the reasons why she decided to

“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become.”- Steve jobs. The quote shows a similarity in the book “Two Kinds” and “The Treasure Of Lemon Brown” because the treasure of lemon brown, greg wants to do something that the father doesn't want him to do. From the book Two Kinds it shows that the girl's mother wants to be in america because that's where her dreams are. In these stories “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers, “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan the authors uses figurative language to develop the mood of the stories.

Because of that night that the neighborhood thugs came over to threaten Lemon Brown, he treasured his security that he gave to Greg. For example, he got concerned about Lemon’s safety when the muggers said “Throw down your money, old man, so I won’t have to bash your head in!” Lemon Brown didn’t move. Greg felt himself near panic.This shows that Greg cared for Lemon and that he treasured a man that he just met. Lastly, Greg also treasured how his dad cared for him and his future. While Lemon Brown and Greg were communicating over Lemon’s history, Greg slowly felt the satisfaction of happiness when he realized that his dad was just trying to teach/encourage him to have a good work ethic. All of this stuff that he heard about and reflected on made him realize what he actually had in his

“The grass he walked through was new and a sweet smell clung to his clothes. There was blue dye on his hands from the wild irises... that the color of the sky was a shade that could never be replicated in any photograph, just as Heaven could never be seen from the confines of Earth.” Descriptive adjectives help a reader picture the setting in their mind and also understand the mood in the story. In the stories “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers and “Stop the Sun” by Gary Paulsen, the authors use descriptive adjectives to develop the setting and mood.

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.

Jim was an ordinary middle school student with a need to be very organized. He attended Bighorn Middle School. In a land far, far away against the Bighorn Mountains. Which are part of the Rocky Mountains. He was always up on his grades and never struggles with any of his classes...that is until one day. He had to study for his fractions test in mathematics, but he also had to go to his championship basketball game. Not only would that be stressful, but he also had his grandma’s 75th birthday party to attend. He started thinking, how would he ever be able to study for his test? His concepts are the following: studying in work space, studying during the 30 minutes between his basketball game and his grandma’s birthday. Although, that would only

Megan is five years old in kindergarten. Megan Bryant is the only child she comes from a two-parent household. Megan mom Carrie is a stay at home mom who is a full-time graduate student. George is an attorney who spends long hours away from his family. The Bryant family lives in a suburban neighborhood. Megan attends one of the top elementary school in her area. However, Megan is having behavioral issues in school daily. Megan teachers and parents are overwhelmed they are trying their best to find a solution to this problem. Teachers are advocating for Megan to take medication to help with her behavioral issues. Carries is against medication.