In the short story “ The Treasure of Lemon Brown” character traits that are associated with the Greg Ridley are curious and caring. He shows these from the beginning to the and end of the story. This is evident on page 1 of the teleplay when the author writes, “ There was a room a few feet from the door, and from where he stood in the entrance, Greg could see a squarish patch of light on the floor. He entered the room,” Greg was going inside because of rain , but he also explored the other parts of the building to see what was there. Additionally, towards the end of the story the text states, “ You sure you’re not hurt?
The thugs looked over to find where the howling was coming from and Lemon Brown lunged himself at them, causing himself to roll down the stairs. The thugs went outside of the house and after awhile they left. After seeing how much Lemon Brown adored his treasures, Greg realized that his dad caring so much for him meant everything. Greg now appreciates the lectures about decisions he was trying to make. Greg’s treasure was his relationship with his father all because of Lemon Brown’s story.
Zodiac Killer By: Nick Pelach, Jake M, Oliver N, Avery S Topic: Zodiac Killer and Killings Main Points: His killings and hints he left - jake Forensic profiling- Avery Possible suspects: nicholas Modern advancements in the case- Oliver I. Introduction - A. Attention getter: "Editor, SF Chronicle, 5th + Mission, San Fran".
Danny eventually understands that his father wanted the best for him and by Pete telling him the truth about the Penny and wanting to impress him. (p.139 Buckler) The Pursuit of Happyness by Gabrielle Muccino based on a true story of Chris struggling to not only provide for his son, but also getting a job. As he lives day by day struggling and dragging his son Christopher around with him. Christopher realizes that his father is doing his best, he believes in his father and know’s that things will get better “you’re a good
One strong vocabulary word that contributed to the mood was the word “sobbing”. When someone is sobbing it usually means they are very sad and upset over something. In this case the author used the word sobbing when Luke’s mom sobs when Luke tells her his decision to get a fake I.D. She is heartbroken by his decision to get a fake I.D which relates to the mood.
A major mood that is expressed in the story is depression. Finding out that his brother had leukemia makes Steven use language that gives a depressing mood. When discussing his journaling for language arts Steven explains,
Greg from “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” learns many things from Lemon. Greg Ridley is a teenage boy running away from his awaiting punishment at home. When he steps into an old house everything changes. He meets Lemon a spunky, funny, and sentimental guy. He has a treasure but Greg does not believe him.
Gene, the main character and narrator, faces an internal conflict after his original feelings of admiration towards Phineas turns into envy, jealousy, and resentment. These emotions
Despite all the horrors that they face, the small family shares a deep connection. This allows for meaning and value in their lives amid all the suffering and pain. The existence of this relationship makes the struggle worthwhile. Many of the days the man and boy spend together they are working toward a common goal, the man teaching the boy about many things and the kid teaching his father to not leave the other good guys behind. For example, he coerces his father into giving food to an old, nearly blind man.
The Treasure of Lemon Brown is a short story by Walter Dean Myers, the person this story is about, is Lemon Brown Lemon, is still alive in the story and it takes place in Harlem in an old building where Lemon was staying Lemon was best known for going state to state singing the blues. Three things i've learned about Lemon are that he used to be a very good blues singer and that he went from having everything until his family died and everything started to go downhill for him and that Lemon is still pretty tough for being an oldie the main conflict in the story is when one of the characters named greg come into Lemons house in which he is staying and does his homework there and when Lemon sees him for the first time Lemon expects him to be some
Different fictional books often reveal elements of human nature through conflict between the characters during an event in a story. In “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” the main character Greg, is faced with a problem when he was offered a spot on the Scorpion's, a basketball team, but his father was only
The novel The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness has many types of moods throughout the book. In chapter ten the mood of the chapter is mysterious, because of the weird and unexplainable events that happen in this chapter puts the characters on an emotional roller coaster. For example, on page 132 the characters talk about how and why the indie kids are getting killed ,and the characters think it’s a mysterious blue light that appeared near where the first indie died; and this contributes to the mysterious mood due to the circumstances of the indie kid’s death and the blue light. This supports the mood because the protagonist doesn’t know if more indie kids will die and would he and his friends be safe from the blue light; also, this
The narrator is melancholy and is filled with woe as he says goodbye to his imagination and hello to the
Mr. Brown’s action of throwing himself at the thugs indicates that Lemon is devoted to his family, since his treasure actually turned out to be newspaper clippings and a harmonica, symbolic of his late son and life with his spouse. The devotion is recognized through Lemon Brown’s actions because his behavior is something a reader can relate to, since the feeling of family devotion is an ideal in society. Through the story of Lemon Brown’s treasure, it is clear that action is one device that a writer can use to convey human nature to their readers because the reader can relate to the characters through their actions. Furthermore, actions reveal yet another character’s personality in the story “The Possibility of Evil”, where an old lady named Miss Strangeworth lives in a small town that loves her but begins to send rude anonymous letters to all the residents, because she thinks the is getting rid all evil in the town. When Miss Strangeworth writes her letters, the first one she writes is to a new mother who is worried about her unenergetic baby, and she writes “DIDN’T YOU EVER SEE AN IDIOT CHILD BEFORE?
Distraught student Carol’s attempt to seek help from her professor John sets the plot in motion. What follows is palpably
