The Treasure Of Lemon Brown
The Treasure of Lemon Brown, and The Pearl Comparative
Have you ever acted in a certain way and then later changed your attitude or outlook based on events or situations that have taken place. In the novel, The Pearl, written by John Steinbeck and the fictional short story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers, this is exactly what happens. The Pear is about a man named Kino who finds a large pearl to help to save his son from a scorpion sting. But other people are willing to do anything to get their hands on that pearl. Then Kino and his family runs away and ultimately the death of his son. “The Treasure of Lemon” is about a boy named Greg, who wants to play basketball, but his dad says that he can’t play because his math …show more content…
In the beginning of the short story, Greg wants to play basketball but his dad won’t let him because he is failing math.In the beginning of the short story, it is said “It wasn’t often the Scorpions took on new players..., and this was a chance of a lifetime for Greg… Report cards was due in a week... But the principal had ended the suspense early when she sent that letter saying ‘Greg would probably fail math if he didn’t spend time studying’”(Myres, 4). This quote says that Greg is caring more about basketball than his grades. Because of this Greg’s dad gives him a lecture.Then he goes outside to see if someone was out there while it was raining instead of going back because he did not want another lecture by his dad he runs to an abandon building where he met lemon brown. In the mid end after being shown Lemon Brown’s treasure Greg cares more about his grades and what his dad has to say. It is said “... greg thought of the lecture he knew his father would give him, and smiled”(Myres, 15). given this point explains that after Lemon brown’s treasure’s backstory about how Brown gave it to his son who was in the army to fight a war when he was killed they sent back all his stuff. Showing that he kept it tells him that he cared and loved it, then when Greg went back home he cared about his dad. I conclusion
Have you ever acted in a certain way and then later changed your attitude or outlook based on events or situations that have taken place. In the novel, The Pearl, written by John Steinbeck and the fictional short story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers, this is exactly what happens. The Pear is about a man named Kino who finds a large pearl to help to save his son from a scorpion sting. But other people are willing to do anything to get their hands on that pearl. Then Kino and his family runs away and ultimately the death of his son. “The Treasure of Lemon” is about a boy named Greg, who wants to play basketball, but his dad says that he can’t play because his math …show more content…
In the beginning of the short story, Greg wants to play basketball but his dad won’t let him because he is failing math.In the beginning of the short story, it is said “It wasn’t often the Scorpions took on new players..., and this was a chance of a lifetime for Greg… Report cards was due in a week... But the principal had ended the suspense early when she sent that letter saying ‘Greg would probably fail math if he didn’t spend time studying’”(Myres, 4). This quote says that Greg is caring more about basketball than his grades. Because of this Greg’s dad gives him a lecture.Then he goes outside to see if someone was out there while it was raining instead of going back because he did not want another lecture by his dad he runs to an abandon building where he met lemon brown. In the mid end after being shown Lemon Brown’s treasure Greg cares more about his grades and what his dad has to say. It is said “... greg thought of the lecture he knew his father would give him, and smiled”(Myres, 15). given this point explains that after Lemon brown’s treasure’s backstory about how Brown gave it to his son who was in the army to fight a war when he was killed they sent back all his stuff. Showing that he kept it tells him that he cared and loved it, then when Greg went back home he cared about his dad. I conclusion