Treasure

The Power of Treasure “Treasure”. It may seem like a simple word but it's not. This word can mean and be so many things for different people. For example, treasure can be a physical thing, or it can come from within, and can even take place in those around you. The short story called “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” written by Walter Dean Myers, shows that inner treasure is the most important type of treasure and is worth fighting for. With the help of a surprising new acquaintance, a young boy…

The Sales and Marketing Director for Sea Treasures has concluded that change is required to ensure the company’s short-term and long-term future success, due to significant decreases in customer sales. There are numerous considerations that should be addressed during this change; the first one that will be broached is the types of change and the models of change that will be utilized. The first change will be a short-term change that will be conducted using Kotter’s eight-step approach model…

In the second half of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, the protagonist Jim Hawkins has hugely evolved as a character. To start, the main obstacle in the story has largely changed from when Jim first set sail on the Hispaniola. In the beginning, I predicted that the problem Jim would face in the story would simply be finding Captain Flint’s buried treasure, the title of the book being Treasure Island. Towards the middle of the book, the true issue in the plot became clear: to escape the…

Short-term and Long-term Change for Sea Treasures Change occurs in many different ways within a company or organization that affect everyone from customers to employees of various levels and or ranks. At Sea Treasures, a company that has been in business for over 50 years, is a company affected by change that negatively hit them causing effects that would need both short-term and long-term changes to keep the company successful. In order for change to occur there needs to be and understanding…

In the fictional short story entitled “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers, Lemon Brown, one of the main characters, a forgotten, homeless, and lonely musician shares his past with Greg Ridley and teaches him to be thankful for all that he has. First of all, Lemon Brown tells Greg about his son Jesse and says, “I didn’t have nothing to give…that told him who I was and what he come from… [he] got killed in the war…Broke my heart, it truly did.” (page 13-14) This shows that although…

I n the story Treasure Island, within chapter 20, Captain Smollett was offered two deals which were hard to choose from. One of the deals was to stop fighting, hand over the map, and make sure the treasure is on the ship. Once Silver is notified that the treasure is safely on the ship, he will be willing to drop Captain Smollett’s men off somewhere safe. The other deal is known to be that the fighting stops, the map is handed over and Silver will leave without them. He makes a promise that he…

After reading Scott L. Key's "Treasure Hunters", Harriet Jane Caldwell's "Weather Reconnaissance", and Juan De Los Santos's "Seach for ancient Civilizations", I have concluded that the most advanced technology for researchers and explorers today is found in Harriet Jane Caldwell's piece. Caldwell talks about the job of hurricane hunters, weather disocveries, and other important pieces of technology that we use each and every day. Now, what makes this passage include the most adavanced technology…

The author of the story, “A Costly Treasure”, uses different types of figurative language to give the story a more dramatic feel. This author uses techniques such as Personification, Alliteration, Hyperbole, Simile, Metaphors, Etc. This is how the author’s use of figurative language contribute to the tension In “A Costly treasure.” Some figurative language used in this story alliteration. Towards the beginning of the story, It some Alliteration. “They looked like a brain petrified by a…

Inherited Treasures Walking through the doorway to my bedroom, I recognize many unique and vintage objects that I have inherited from my deceased grandmother. About ten years before I was born, my grandma, Katie Binder, lost her life to breast cancer. My father and his family have told me about my grandma’s love for making beautiful, lively artwork. Over the years, I have inherited several of her paintings, a collection of her vintage cameras, and one of her homemade cloth dolls. These…

more than student led, also is a characteristic of the bottom-up approach. However, the group projects and real-world applications make it even more interesting because these portray characteristics of the project method model. Therefore, the Texas Treasure Literature provides teachers and students with many activities and opportunities to learn, yet it does not completely follow one approach. It seems this curriculum took the strengths of all three approaches and utilized them in the…