Do you have a treasure? Do you believe it like a pirate treasure or is it something you have placed value in? Lemon Brown,a homeless poor man who where rags over his legs and anything else he can find for clothing, shows Greg, a 12 year old African American little boy, what the true meaning of treasure should really be. He said that treasure is something that you hold a lot of pride and value in and that it can be anything. Everyone has one, even me, My treasure would be family and God. I live my life through God’s word and I have an endless love for my family and God. But referring back to the story, Lemon Brown was a homeless man you didn’t have a lot of anything anymore. He stayed in an old tenement that was abandoned.Before that he had
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But Greg and him didn’t see eye to eye. Greg thought that it was just school and that his grades didn’t matter.He thought who cared if his grades were not the best? So him and his father started arguing and Greg stormed out of the house. He ran to an old tenement in which he didn’t know at the time is where Lemon Brown was staying. Eventually after some stuff went down and people heard that Lemon Brown had treasure they tried to rob him. Lemon Brown explained to Greg that the treasure they thought he had wasn’t what he actually had. Lemon Brown then told Greg that the treasure he had wasn’t like gold or a map like a pirates treasure but that a treasure is something you place value in. He told Greg, “Every man got a treasure….” . Lemon Brown sat down with Greg and told him his past story.He explained to him like I did in the beginning. He went through his past and showed Greg how doing what he loved made him a happier person. He treasure his job, he treasured his career. He loved what he was doing.But then he made the point that even a man who has nothing and has lost it all can still have a treasure. His treasure wasn’t just …show more content…
A treasure only has to be something you place value in. It doesn’t matterthat you or anybody don’t have the same treasure the fact is that you value and cherish something. So, treasure, sure pirates treasure is still a map and gold or whatever but it’s because they treasure and hold value in it. And just like the pirate Lemon Brown treasured his harmonica and those clippings because he held a lot of value in
But Greg and him didn’t see eye to eye. Greg thought that it was just school and that his grades didn’t matter.He thought who cared if his grades were not the best? So him and his father started arguing and Greg stormed out of the house. He ran to an old tenement in which he didn’t know at the time is where Lemon Brown was staying. Eventually after some stuff went down and people heard that Lemon Brown had treasure they tried to rob him. Lemon Brown explained to Greg that the treasure they thought he had wasn’t what he actually had. Lemon Brown then told Greg that the treasure he had wasn’t like gold or a map like a pirates treasure but that a treasure is something you place value in. He told Greg, “Every man got a treasure….” . Lemon Brown sat down with Greg and told him his past story.He explained to him like I did in the beginning. He went through his past and showed Greg how doing what he loved made him a happier person. He treasure his job, he treasured his career. He loved what he was doing.But then he made the point that even a man who has nothing and has lost it all can still have a treasure. His treasure wasn’t just …show more content…
A treasure only has to be something you place value in. It doesn’t matterthat you or anybody don’t have the same treasure the fact is that you value and cherish something. So, treasure, sure pirates treasure is still a map and gold or whatever but it’s because they treasure and hold value in it. And just like the pirate Lemon Brown treasured his harmonica and those clippings because he held a lot of value in