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Treasure In Lemon Brown's 'Thugs'

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In the story of Lemon Brown and the story surrounding the idea of the meaning of treasure. I agree that only its owner can appreciate its real worth and pass it onto others to do the same. First off, the characters in the story are, Lemon Brown, Greg Ridley, Greg’s Father, and the “Thugs” which come into play later into the story. The ”main character(s)” in the story are Lemon Brown and Greg Ridley. These two characters play an important part in the story because it starts the path of Greg learning what the “real meaning of treasure” is from Lemon Brown. And how Lemon Brown help’s Greg’s character develop and change throughout the story. This begins the interaction with Greg and Lemon Brown, once they meet one another. Lemon Brown asks Greg, “You ain’t one of them bad boys looking for my treasure, is you?” and is on page 97. And it’s foreshadowing an event that takes place later on in the story. The event that is foreshadowed that takes place later on in the story is a group of “Thugs” that break into Lemon Brown’s shelter with a pipe and threatens Lemon Brown that he’ll “bash his head in” if he doesn’t hand over the treasure he has, which they assume is money or something valuable. But Lemon Brown’s treasure ended up to be old newspaper clippings and an old harmonica he used to play the …show more content…

I think this because someone’s treasure could be anything. It could be a object that triggers a memory of someone close to them, and that could be something private to them. Or it could be the smell of something they have that reminds them of someone, and they could pass it on to others who would appreciate its value as well. Like in the end of the story, Greg goes home and now appreciates his father’s lectures because Lemon Brown taught him that treasure could be anything no matter how big or small, even if you have it for a little

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