The Treasure Of Lemon Brown Analysis

Lemon Brown Many People believe that treasure has to be worth a lot of money, to me, treasure does not have to be highly valuable. “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers teaches the value of a treasure can be highly personal and of very little money value. The price of an item does not define the value of an item to a person it only has to mean something to the person to make it special. The lesson begins when Greg's dad was talking to him about playing basketball. The narration says, “Greg's dad had been a postal worker for all of Greg’s life, and he was proud of it… telling how hard he had worked to pass the test… Gred had heard the story to many times to care.” This tells the reader that Greg’s dad is proud of the job he, he is proud of how hard he worked to get it. This also tells that Greg’s dad's treasure is his job. He works hard to keep his job and to make Greg happy. Gregs dad works hard to encourage Greg to work hard for a good future. This shows how a treasure can be highly personal because Greg doesn't care about the story and his dad's job. Then, Greg meets Lemon Brown. Lemon Brown is a very …show more content…
It is also proving the point that treasure is highly personal because Greg still doesn't think that the treasure was very valuable and worth risking his life for. After Greg sad his goodbyes to Lemon Brown, Greg went home. The story says, “Greg thought of the lecture he knew his father would give him , and smiled.” This tells the reader that Greg’s treasure is his dad, he now knows everything his dad does is to help him and make him happy.Everything his dad does is to so Greg could have a better