Treasure of Lemon Brown
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- Exposition
- I can't believe you. You already asked me before, you can't play for the Scorpions, you are failing math.
- Rising Action
- C'mon old man, we know you are hiding that treasure of yours! We won't hurt you if you give us a reason not to..
- Climax
- Sometimes treasure doesn't have to be gold and riches. Real treasure is the one that is held dearly to your heart.
- Greg has a passion for playing basketball. He is offered an amazing opportunity to join the Scorpions, a basketball team that doesn't normally take 14-year olds like Greg. Even though Greg is succeeding in sports, he is failing in school, so he can't play for the team.
- Falling Action
- Are you sure you will be okay on your own?
- Didn't I tell you? I'm going to be just fine on my own.
- Greg becomes upset with his dad, and he wanders off into the city to an old tenement. He meets an old man named Lemon Brown in the tenement, and him and Lemon Brown encounter thugs who could harm them. The thugs are after Lemon Brown's 'treasure'.
- Resolution
- Maybe what Lemon Brown said is true..Dad is so going to lecture me when I get home..but maybe he is just looking out for me.
- Lemon Brown saves him and Greg from the thugs, and he shows Greg his treasure. Lemon Brown teaches Greg the true meaning of treasure, allowing Greg to realize something as silly as a basketball team shouldn't tear apart his relationship with his dad.
- Conflict and Theme
- Its a great thing I met Lemon Brown, I guess it must've just been fate.
- Lemon Brown and Greg get ready to part and say goodbye. Lemon Brown will head off to St. Louis, and Greg has become fond of Lemon Brown, so he hopes he will be okay on his own.
- Greg parts with Lemon Brown. He thinks about the important lesson that Lemon Brown taught him on his way back home. On his way back, he smiles at the thought that he will be lectured by his dad when he returns home this late at night.
- In this story, the conflict is Character vs. Fate. Greg goes up against his fate when he stumbles upon the old building, meets Lemon Brown, and unfortunately, meets the thugs. The theme of this story is gratitude because in the end, Greg realizes that he should be grateful for his dad and everything that he will learn from him in the future.
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