The Treasure of Lemon Brown
A treasure is something personal to someone which can only really be appreciated by the owner and is passed on to others. Lemon Brown says in The Treasure of Lemon Brown, “Every man got a treasure. You don’t know that, you must be a fool” (pg. 9). However, some people don’t understand this idea. Many people assume that treasure is literally wealth or other frivolous cares, while several others feel that is an experience or something precious which they are overjoyed to pass on to generations beyond them in order to positively affect descendants’ lives. I agree with Lemon Brown that a treasure is something personal where only the one who owns it can know its importance and pass it on to others. First of all, treasure means something special to those who posses it, and often would be meaningless to other people. In The Treasure of Lemon Brown, Lemon Brown’s treasure is a time-worn harmonica and newspaper clippings telling of his recognition as a blues performer. Later in the story, Greg realizes that his treasure is his father and the wise stories he tells Greg …show more content…
Lemon Brown gave his harmonica to his son, who left to fight in a war, because he wanted his son to be appreciative of his father and inspired by his career. After Lemon Brown discovered, heartbroken, that his son had been killed, his belongings were sent back as what his son had been taking care of the whole time he was at war. Lemon Brown explained, “Him carrying it around like it meant something to him. That was my treasure, and when I give it to him, he treated it just like that, a treasure,” (pg. 12). Then, Greg realized that he should value his father’s stories and take pride in his father’s successes, just like Lemon Brown’s boy did. As it says in the story, “He thought of the lecture his father would give him, and smiled” (pg.
A treasure is something personal to someone which can only really be appreciated by the owner and is passed on to others. Lemon Brown says in The Treasure of Lemon Brown, “Every man got a treasure. You don’t know that, you must be a fool” (pg. 9). However, some people don’t understand this idea. Many people assume that treasure is literally wealth or other frivolous cares, while several others feel that is an experience or something precious which they are overjoyed to pass on to generations beyond them in order to positively affect descendants’ lives. I agree with Lemon Brown that a treasure is something personal where only the one who owns it can know its importance and pass it on to others. First of all, treasure means something special to those who posses it, and often would be meaningless to other people. In The Treasure of Lemon Brown, Lemon Brown’s treasure is a time-worn harmonica and newspaper clippings telling of his recognition as a blues performer. Later in the story, Greg realizes that his treasure is his father and the wise stories he tells Greg …show more content…
Lemon Brown gave his harmonica to his son, who left to fight in a war, because he wanted his son to be appreciative of his father and inspired by his career. After Lemon Brown discovered, heartbroken, that his son had been killed, his belongings were sent back as what his son had been taking care of the whole time he was at war. Lemon Brown explained, “Him carrying it around like it meant something to him. That was my treasure, and when I give it to him, he treated it just like that, a treasure,” (pg. 12). Then, Greg realized that he should value his father’s stories and take pride in his father’s successes, just like Lemon Brown’s boy did. As it says in the story, “He thought of the lecture his father would give him, and smiled” (pg.