The Treasure Of Lemon Brown Character Analysis

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The short story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”, by Walter Dean Myers, Lemon Brown is a determined character. Lemon Brown is an old man who is on his own and he is also homeless with a treasure. “ He sat on the floor near Greg and carefully untied the strings that held the rags on his right leg. When he took the rags away, Greg saw a piece of plastic. The old man took off the plastic and unfolded it.” This is one quote that you will be able to find on page #737. The fact that Lemon Brown had kept his treasure tied around his right leg with strings, rags, and plastic to keep it safe and always with him, it really shows that he is very determined. Lemon Brown and Greg wanted to keep Lemon’s treasure safe and not stolen. “As Greg howled, the

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