According to Dr. Suess , “Sometimes you will never know the
value of a moment until it becomes a memory.” Walter Dean Myer’s
short story , “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” explores the values
Greg Ridley , a 14 year old boy who wants to play basketball ,
but can't because of his low math grade. In John Steinbeck’s
novel , “The Pearl” , an uneducated man named KIno found a great
pearl that ended up corrupting his values with greed and
destroyed his family. In both , ‘The Treasure of Lemon Brown”
and The Pearl , the main news experience conflicts that change
their new of what is important in life.
For Greg Ridley in “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”, playing
basketball is most important , but his father values something
different. Greg’s …show more content…
“That must be some kind of joke. Now you just go to your room
and hit those books”. Because Greg’s dad tells him to “hit those
books,” readers know that his dad values education more than
sports , adding to the conflict between them. This conflict is
the reason Greg leaves his house when it starts to rain , and as
a result , Greg runs to an abandoned building to avoid studying.
Greg’s decision leads to a chain of events that brings him to
someone new who changes his mind about values.
Greg’s conflict is resolved in a surprising way when a
homeless man named Lemon Brown shows Greg his treasure and tells
him about the son he lost. Greg pushed the button over the bell
marked ‘ Ridley ’ , thought of the lecture he knew his father
would give him , and smiled. Greg’s smile shows that his
conflict is resolved because he understands that his dad cares
about him as well as his education. Greg’s understanding in a
result of Lemon Brown’s story about his son , and he knows the
fathers are alike they both want the very best for their sons.
A chance conversation with a stranger was enough to change
Greg’s values , so that he valued his family more than …show more content…
When Juana tries to throw the pearl in the ocean ; He struck her
in the face with his clenched fist and she fell among the
boulders , and he kicked her in the side. This is important
because he had to go through the very worst, just to realize
that his choice to keep the pearl was wrong. All in all , after
willing to hurt his wife , and losing a son , he finally
realized that what he thought was important wasn’t really in the
It takes him the loss of his son just to make his values
right. After baby Coyotito is killed , “Kino drew back his arm
and flung the pearl with all his might.” Once he gets rid of the
pearl in the ocean , it shows that he now values his family more
than the pearl. This is important because it shows that he
values his family and friends more than the pearl. Kino can’t
resolve te loss of his son or the fact that he was mean to his
wife.
Both characters fail to value their family’s and cared more
about other objects in life that didn’t matter. In both stories
, both main characters value something and in the end it ends up
changing. In The Treasure of Lemon Brown, Greg’s conflict was
resolved by Lemon Brown talking to Greg changed his values
value of a moment until it becomes a memory.” Walter Dean Myer’s
short story , “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” explores the values
Greg Ridley , a 14 year old boy who wants to play basketball ,
but can't because of his low math grade. In John Steinbeck’s
novel , “The Pearl” , an uneducated man named KIno found a great
pearl that ended up corrupting his values with greed and
destroyed his family. In both , ‘The Treasure of Lemon Brown”
and The Pearl , the main news experience conflicts that change
their new of what is important in life.
For Greg Ridley in “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”, playing
basketball is most important , but his father values something
different. Greg’s …show more content…
“That must be some kind of joke. Now you just go to your room
and hit those books”. Because Greg’s dad tells him to “hit those
books,” readers know that his dad values education more than
sports , adding to the conflict between them. This conflict is
the reason Greg leaves his house when it starts to rain , and as
a result , Greg runs to an abandoned building to avoid studying.
Greg’s decision leads to a chain of events that brings him to
someone new who changes his mind about values.
Greg’s conflict is resolved in a surprising way when a
homeless man named Lemon Brown shows Greg his treasure and tells
him about the son he lost. Greg pushed the button over the bell
marked ‘ Ridley ’ , thought of the lecture he knew his father
would give him , and smiled. Greg’s smile shows that his
conflict is resolved because he understands that his dad cares
about him as well as his education. Greg’s understanding in a
result of Lemon Brown’s story about his son , and he knows the
fathers are alike they both want the very best for their sons.
A chance conversation with a stranger was enough to change
Greg’s values , so that he valued his family more than …show more content…
When Juana tries to throw the pearl in the ocean ; He struck her
in the face with his clenched fist and she fell among the
boulders , and he kicked her in the side. This is important
because he had to go through the very worst, just to realize
that his choice to keep the pearl was wrong. All in all , after
willing to hurt his wife , and losing a son , he finally
realized that what he thought was important wasn’t really in the
It takes him the loss of his son just to make his values
right. After baby Coyotito is killed , “Kino drew back his arm
and flung the pearl with all his might.” Once he gets rid of the
pearl in the ocean , it shows that he now values his family more
than the pearl. This is important because it shows that he
values his family and friends more than the pearl. Kino can’t
resolve te loss of his son or the fact that he was mean to his
wife.
Both characters fail to value their family’s and cared more
about other objects in life that didn’t matter. In both stories
, both main characters value something and in the end it ends up
changing. In The Treasure of Lemon Brown, Greg’s conflict was
resolved by Lemon Brown talking to Greg changed his values