Treasure Of Lemon Brown Analysis

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What do you think treasure is about? Is it from the heart or what’s given?
Let me start by saying this assignment is about the story the “Treasure of Lemon Brown.” Now in the story it introduces us to Lemon Brown & his treasure which was newspaper clippings and a harmonica & how these thugs entered the abandoned apartment and wanted to take his treasure away from him because they thought it was money, they never expected it to be newspaper clippings and a harmonica.

So, my thesis is that treasure is personal to someone because it doesn’t matter what someone gives you, what matters is that it comes from the heart. Characterization? well let me describe how Lemon Brown and greg looked well Lemon Brown had dirty shoes, legs were wrapped in rags,

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