Question

Please help, 90 points!

Write a compare-and-contrast analysis of how Greg Ridley from "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" changes from the beginning of the story to the end.
150 words are needed.

Answer 1

Greg dreaded the lecture from his father but this changed in the end as he anticipated the lecture. From the story, it can be inferred that Greg was in a bad mood and he wasn't ready to listen to the lecture that his father wanted to give him. In the end of the story, we can deduce that this changed as Greg was already anticipating about the lecture that he was going to receive from his dad. The change was due to the fact that his father wanted to tell him about how he lost his son and he was anxious about it. The change that can be depicted from the story was that in the beginning

Answer 2

In the realistic fiction story, "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" by Walter Dean Myers, Greg Ridley a fourteen-year-old boy, starts off by getting a lecture from his dad, about his poor grades in math. Greg is upset and he walks away from his house to get some alone time. As Greg is walking, a rainstorm strikes. While he is trying to find shelter, he comes upon an abandoned apartment complex. As Greg walks in he finds out that he isn't the only one in the apartment, an old man named Lemon Brown is also there. Lemon is there for a different reason though. He is trying to hide his treasure, an old harmonica, from the neighborhood thugs. The thugs weren't successful in getting Lemon's treasure. Greg returns home with a valuable lesson learned, that he should value things in life. Greg changes from the beginning of the story to the end of the story. At the beginning, Greg was careless about his grades in math. Next, he was curious when looking for a place to hide from the rain. Lastly, he ends the story off by being a caring person when he continuously asked Lemon Brown if he was okay. Greg Ridley was a dynamic character who changed from careless, to curious, to caring, after his encounters with Lemon Brown.