Treasure

Steinbeck and the fictional short story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” written by Walter Dean Myers this is exactly what happens. In “the Pearl” Kino’s son Coyotito gets stung by a scorpion and they try to seek instead finding a beautiful pearl with bad luck and it brings greed to the once caring Kino causing him to kill 4 men trying to get the pearl and loses his son to one of the trackers, Only to throw the Pearl back into the ocean. In “the Treasure of Lemon Brown” Greg’s father won’t allow…

The author uses figurative language to contribute to the tension in “A Costly Treasure” by describing the figurative language. She is describing it to let you know what she is seeing. The author uses figurative language to contribute to the tension in A Costly Treasure for example, the passage stated that a rock “looked like someone’s petrified brain.” This is figurative language because a rock can’t actually be a petrified brain. This is also figurative language because the author was…

The Treasure of the City of Ladies showed the importance of having a strong female with a male who has power and it was a guide for women to lead virtuous lives. Christine de Pizan states “the princess many be the best means to placate the man” (35). The princess would have access and easier time calming down the prince rather than an advisor or man of power. The woman can also be the go-between for the people and her husband which gives her great power if she chooses to use it. It is also…

24. Julian Treasure started off by talking about an interesting quote from the Hindus, which translated to “The world is sound”. Julian then goes on to mention a statistic on how everything around us is vibrating. I think this is a good hook in the way it grabs the viewer’s attention and gives a clear explanation on what the speaker is going to talk about. 25. He starts off by saying how listening is an active skill and that how hearing is a passive skill. So basically, you hear all the time,…

Change Management at Sea Treasures The purpose of this report is to explain the change models that I as Sales and Marketing Director would use for short-term and long-term change at Sea Treasures. The company is a group of retail stores that specialize in expensive aquarium accessories and exotic sea life and is currently facing downsizing and going out of business within twelve months. Two major changes short and long-term are required at the company at this point. The short-term change…

In the short story “Treasure of Lemon Brown’ by Walter Dean Myers and the novel “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck the main characters changed what they valued in life by resolving an internal conflict. While each character faced a different struggle they both valued family in the end. In the story “Treasure of Lemon Brown,” Greg changed his senses of what was important in life when he met Lemon Brown. For example, “‘I had to leave school when I was thirteen… that's a year younger then you are now.…

In the story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” and “The Pearl” the main characters experience internal conflicts. After their experiences, their sense of importance in life changes. Both characters face similar conflicts and resolutions, but they also have some differences. Greg’s experiences changed his sense of what is important after meeting Lemon Brown. In the beginning of the story Greg didn’t listen to his father’s lectures and thought nothing of what it meant. On page 17 it stated “Greg had…

find it. This is somewhat similar to what happened in the short story, “The Treasure of Lemon Brown.” In this story, Greg gets in a fight with his dad and takes a little break to get some fresh air. He goes to an abandoned building and meets an old man named Lemon Brown. Later on, some thugs come to take some treasure that they heard Lemon Brown had. Once Greg and Lemon get rid of the thugs, Lemon shows Greg his treasure that he has been holding onto…

In the short story “Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers, and the novel “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck the main characters changed what they valued in life by resolving an internal conflict. While each character faced a different struggle they both valued family in the end. Greg's experience changed his sense of importance because he met Lemon Brown. At first he didn't care about what his dad had to say and he didn't listen to his dad. On page 18 it says, “He stood to go upstairs,…

thoughts. Third, a dynamic term is a changing or developing character. Last, a static term is a character who remains essentially the same throughout the story. In the next paragraph I will give an example of a flat term character. In the story “Treasure Island”, by Robert Louis Stevenson, the flat character would be Jim’s mother. Jim’s mother is in the story to show readers that his mom is there and she cares. Although Jim’s mother doesn’t play a big part in the story, she is still needed for…