Ransom Of Red Chief Essay

Have you ever babysat a kid and ended up annoyed with the kids dumb questions and trickery if so, then this is the story for you. The author O. Henry signifies the theme abuse is handled with persistence and with the trait of loyalty in his story Ransom of the red Chief for example, Bill who is one of the bandits in the the story wanted to kidnap a kid and give him back to the Dad for a huge amount of money but, little Red Chief was too much for Bill to handle. In the end, the Dad decided to take the boy if the thieves pay him two hundred and fifty dollars.

Although, Sam despised Red Chief he still ended up learning the theme of the story abuse is handled with persistence which, gave Sam the idea of talking to Red Chief. Apparently, both Bill
To start with,both Sam and Bill's actions showed the theme of the story abuse is handled by persistence in there own ways and here's how. Sam tried to be the bad guy in the situation by lecturing Red Chief as said, in the story, “I went out and caught that boy and shook him until his freckles rattled.” Apparently this act scared the living tarnation out of Red Chief that he even tried to fix Bill’s bruises. To astonishment, even Bill tried to overpower the kids behavior by playing with him for example, while Sam had to send the letter Bill had to play with the kid as said in the book, Bill gets down on all fours and, a look comes in his eye like a rabbit’s when you catch it in a trap. Weirdly, enough this story is just like the book The Boys In The Boat for instance, the step mom hated Jon just like, Bill who hates Red Chief because both were relied on but, they caused trouble for the family. Even though, Jon helped the family the money still wasn’t enough to feed the family so, the family had to leave him at the farm just like how Bill tried to get rid of Red Chief. In this way, Bill acts loyal to Sam even if it means pretending to be a horse so, the kid doesn't abuse him or run