Treasure

Every man has a treasure, what would you do to get yours? In the story The Treasure of Lemon Brown by Walter Dean Myers the theme is that every man has a treasure. In the The short story The Pearl by John Steinbeck the theme is what’s important in life. In The Peal a poor Indian man named Kino found a pearl, that should solve all of his problems. Unfortunately he faces some problems among the way. The Treasure of Lemon Brown is about a boy named Greg who’s father told him he couldn’t do…

and You are the Treasure. The Gospel about the hidden treasure (Matthew 13:44-52) is a loving invitation to truly find the true treasure that God has gifted us. Jesus told us “not to store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal, but store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.” (Mt. 6: 19-21) What is the treasure that…

When people generally think of pirates, the image that entertainment goes into our minds, someone with a wooden leg and eyepatch who sails around getting into swordfights over some treasure chests. This view of what a pirate is changes when viewing ‘Pirates, Galleons, and Treasure: Globe Trekker’, a documentary film in which the real pirates that lived are discussed. This film is a good, accurate, representation of why piracy happened along with who the pirates were and what they did. There is a…

be more important than Santiago's treasure? The first reason is because the treasure is at the place ones heart stays. When Santiago falls in love with Fatima, his heart is with her and makes the treasure not important. The second reason is treasure can only give one material satisfaction, but the soul mate can bring mental satisfaction and accompany. It is the thing can make one have real happiness. Thus, Fatima, Santiago's true love is important than treasure. 2. Santiago learns from the…

novel , The Pearl, written by John Steinbeck and the fictional short story “The treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers,this is exactly what happens. The pearl is about a man named kino who finds a large pearl to help his son who was stung by a scorpion. How ever every man in the village tries to steal the pearl from him. So kino changes completely from attitude which leads to the death of his son. “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” is a story about Greg Riley who wants to play for the school…

account of what Schliemann found until much later. Once Schliemann finally revealed what he had unearthed on that day, it shook the archaeological world. Pictures of Schliemann’s wife in gold jewelry and headlines applauding the discovery of “Priam’s Treasure” appeared all throughout the world, but many were skeptical. Not only did they not agree with the interpretation Schliemann made regarding the objects, but they found the circumstances of the discovery suspect. The complaints modern…

The Hidden Treasure of Black ASL: Its History and Structure, by Carolyn McCaskill aims to highlight the significance of black ASL culture, its historical timeline, and its detailed and distinctive linguistics from mainstream ASL. With this, McCaskill challenges the complexities of mainstream ASL by focusing on Black and brown individuals who are hard of hearing. The motif of the author is clear, Caroline begins to empower black ASL, by stressing the importance of highlighting passed-down, black…

The way the setting is described in “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” creates a foreboding mood and reflects a character’s feelings through the mood by using vivid sensory details. The setting works to create a foreboding mood throughout “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by using vivid sensory details. An example of this is when the author says, “Greg had noticed that the door, once boarded over, had been slightly ajar . . . He reached the house just as another flash of lightning changed the night to…

story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” explores the values of Greg Ridley, a fourteen year old who wants to play basketball, but can’t because of his math grades. Also in John Steinbeck’s novel “The Pearl” Kino ends up being corrupted by the great pearl and how it ended up messing up his values about family. In both “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” and “The Pearl” the main characters experience conflict that ends up changing their views of what is important in life. The conflict in “The Treasure of…

door and knocking on the door saying “Old man we know you are in there we can hear you”. Lemon quickly grabbed greg and ran up the stairs the thugs break open the door and walk in. Greg wonders what is all this junk and lemon brown says this is the treasure they are looking for. 99.2 percent of people are frightened when in crisis and are faced with tough decisions. In the story lemon brown greg wanted to get out of the blistering weather that was ahead of him but he runs into a dark house where…