In The Treasure of Lemon Brown, Greg starts off having a fight with his dad. He then leaves home and goes to an abandoned house, where he meets an old man named Lemon Brown.
The treasure Lemon Brown keeps are some clippings, and a real old harmonica. Before his son went to war he gave him these treasures he had. Then when he knew his son died he was heart broken, and the army sent what he had left with him. All that was left was the treasure he gave them to his son, he knew that his son always have kept it as a treasure. He takes it with him no matter where he goes. Sometimes people define "treasure" in many different ways. Lemon Brown thinks of the harmonica, and the clippings as treasure. He thinks that it represents his life,
because he was a real famous harmonica, player at the young times. Mr. Brown didn't thought of treasure as gold, and diamonds as everyone would think of. Treasure to him is something that truly means to him, something that's meaningful and memorable.
My treasure would be books. Books fill me with inspiration, ideas, and images. I would put my life in danger just for my books. Once my mom was furious of my brother, and me so she threw something near her and that was my book. I was broken hearted when she threw it, the book was all crumpled together. Sometimes it just seems like the books talk to me, images pop into my mind one after another. When the characters in the book start having different emotions, I feel them too. It's as if I live in the world of the book. They fill me with joyfulness, I LOVE them so much. I realized that people have different perspectives on different things, and I found out that my perspective on treasure aren't just diamonds, and gold they can be things I think that are valuable for me.
Selina, this is such an inspiring post. I can see how much books mean to you and why you love to read!
ReplyDeleteIt's great that you describe how books transport you into their world and allow you to feel the characters' emotions. This too is one of the reasons I love to read. Reading allows us live the lives that we can't or can only dream of. It shows us how similar (and sometimes different) we are, allowing us to share in the full human experience.
The things you learn from these books are priceless, and I hope that books will always be your treasure. Keep reading and writing! :)