Ransom Of Red Chief Analysis

Slow And steady wins the race Is a common theme. Theme is the lesson or moral in a story, novel or movie. The movie Home Alone And the short story Ransom of Red Chief have several common themes. The first theme for home alone And Ransom of Red Chief is
Don't judge a book by its cover. one piece of evidence from Ransom of Red Chief is “ Bill and me figured that we could check down Ebenezer for a ransom of $2,000 to the last cent. But wait till I tell you.” This shows that it will not be easy to get the money. Next in the movie Home Alone the evidence is when the kidnappers say it is just a stupid kid, but then the young boy outsmarts both of them with his own plans. This shows the
There are verbal irony, situational irony and dramatic irony. An example of verbal irony from Ransom of Red Chief is on page 65 paragraph 6 it says “Me?” says I. “Oh, I got a kind of pain in my shoulder. I thought sitting up would rest it.” This is verbal irony because he is actually scared of Red Chief and that is why he is getting up. An example of verbal irony from Home Alone is when Kevin says he’s not scared when he really is. This is verbal irony because what he said is the opposite of what he feels. An example of situational irony in the Ransom of Red Chief is on page 67 paragraph 9 when they say “I was only playing a joke,” says he sullenly “I didn’t mean to hurt Old Hank. But what did he have to hit me for? I’ll behave Snake-eye if you won’t send me home. And if you let me play an example in Ransom of Red Chief is on page 71 paragraph 12 it says “In about a half an hour, I heard the bushes rustle. Bill wobbled out into the little clearing in front of the cave. Behind him was the kid. He came stepping softly like a scout, with a broad grin on his face.” and on page 72 paragraph 3 it says “The boy is gone. I have sent him home. All our plans are off.” This shows that Bill doesn’t know the boy is right behind him. This is dramatic irony. An example of dramatic irony from the movie Home Alone Kevin doesn’t know his family left for vacation. This is also dramatic irony. So this shows how all three types of irony can affect the reader and also the characters in a