Vocabulary
What is the setting of the story?
in Harlem, on a dark, rainy day, on the street and in a tenement building.
What had happened to Jesse?
He died in the war.
Explain this:
“Nothing that ain’t been hurt before,” Lemon Brown said. “When you get as old as me, all you say when something hurts is, ‘Howdy, Mr. Pain, sees you back again.’ T h en when Mr. Pain see he can’t worry you none, he go on mess with somebody else.”
What is a conflict or problem in the story?
Greg needs to do better at Math in order to be allowed to play on the basketball team and he is fighting with his father about this.
Where does Greg go when it starts to rain?
the tenement building
Why did Lemon Brown give Jesse his treasure?
because he wanted his son to see what he had done and to have hope for the future.
Explain this:
I didn’t have nothing to give him except these things that told him who I was, and what he come from. If you know your pappy did something, you know you can do some thing too.
What is the 'climax of the story?'
when Greg howls and Lemon Brown hurls himself on the thugs
Why is Lemon Brown in the tenement building.
Lemon Brown in the tenement building because he is homeless.
Why did Lemon Brown give up the blues?
because hard times caught up with him.
Who is Lemon Brown?
Desribe him in 5 sentences, including what he did and what he learned in life.
What is the 'falling action?'
when Lemon Brown shows Greg his real treasure and explains it to him.
What is Lemon Brown's treasure?
yellow newspaper clippings and an old harmonica
Who are the thugs?
The three men sitting on the stoop, one carrying a pipe; Lemon Brown said "they's bad men."
Describe Greg.
Including from the beginning of the story, middle, end.
What is the 'resolution?'
when Greg returns home, decides not to tell his father about Lemon Brown, and smiles.
Who is Jesse?
Lemon Brown's son
Lemon Brown gave him his treasure.
What is 'treasure' according to Lemon Brown?
Lemon Brown describes it this way: "What else a man got 'cepting what he can pass on to his son, or his daughter..."
Explain what they mean"you take care of that treasure of yours."
Both literal and figuratively.