Lemon Brown Blog

The Lemon Brown story was very intriguing. Greg reminded me of a lot of boys I know or see everyday. The reason for Greg reminding me of some boys is because they often don't try, or do try, in school but get bad grades regardless. Greg wants to play sports and he can't if he doesn't do better in school, which he doesn't really have enough time to do that, so no sports. The sports part reminds me of a lot of movies I've seen and books, boys enjoy their sports very much and want to keep going but unfortunately can't due to their low academic grades. Greg actually reminds me a little of myself, I don't really do well in school and certainly don't enjoy the lectures from my mother at the end of the day. She wants the best for me and my sister, just like Greg's dad, but kids don't listen. I love how Greg smiled at the end thinking about the long lecture he'll get from his father, because after the experience with Lemon Brown he can appreciate his father's lectures at least a little bit more. 

I believe this connect with the homelessness we've been learning about by just Lemon Brown being successful and having a family. It definitely fits into the categories with the myths of homelessness. People thinking that the person is homeless for a bad reason, whether it be addiction, gambling, or laziness, Lemon Brown was successful and happy. He was trying to get back to the status he was at but couldn't due to things being changed.  

I think it's interesting how someone can be so, "famous" and yet be homeless when they can't do what they did before. I got surprised at the fact that people will go out of their way to just find out what someone is talking about. The troublemakers came into where Lemon Brown stayed because they heard he had a treasure, and assumed it was something worth money, when really it's just a memory for him and his son. 

Greg changed throughout the story by hating his father's lectures and by the end realizing that Lemon Brown made him noticed he has to realize what he has and seize it while he has the option.