mountain. On the way he kicks my legs black-and-blue from the knees down; and I’ve got two or three bites on my thumb and hand cauterized.” Here‚ Bill has reached his breaking point and he had believed he had gotten rid of the kid‚ even risking the ransom money. Bill and Sam are two men that travel around America doing schemes to earn money. Then they got an idea‚ which they thought was brilliant at the time‚ to kidnap a small town boy that was 10 years old. Suddenly‚ when the boy fills himself with
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“Ransom of Red Chief”‚ O.Henry‚ The short story and the movie have many similar and different. They are alike because Red Chief put up a fight when they tried to take him. In both the story and the movie‚ Bill was the one Red Chief would hit and pick on. Bill was the one that had to play or keep up with the boy. In both the boy didn’t want to go home. Also in both the boy’s father asked for $250 to take his son back. In the story Bill and Sam gave the boy candy. And they took him to a cave. Bill
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is the unexpected twist commonly found in stories. In O.Henry’s “The Ransom of Red Chief‚” situational irony is used to create a humorous effect. Guy de Maupassant uses situational irony in his story “The Necklace” to present a sense of justice to the reader. Based on these two stories‚ it is evident that situational irony is a commonly used method for authors to show sentiment. In O.Henry’s short story “The Ransom of Red Chief‚” he uses situational irony to create a humorous effect.
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The Irony of Red Chief The situation irony in The Ransom of Red Chief creates humor and developing them by giving little hints about what will happen and what might happen. Situation irony is a discrepancy of what will happen and what might happen. In movies or TV shows. The Ransom of Red Chief has a lot of examples of irony. The first example is how the boy thinks that he is going camping but really he is being kidnapped and sold back to his parents. According to paragraph 16 sentence 1 it states"I
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The Ransom of Red Chief By O. Henry Plot Summary "The Ransom of Red Chief" is a short story written by American writer William Sydney Porter‚ better known as O. Henry. Like many of O. Henry’s works‚ the story is notable for its plays on words‚ humor‚ and plot twist. Written around the turn of the 20th century‚ the story is a short rendition of what you might get if you crossed "Home Alone" with "O Brother Where Art Thou?" It makes for a diverting 5-10 minutes that will bring at least one
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The story and movie “The Ransom of Red Chief” is alike in many ways. It is also different. In both the movie and story‚ the kidnappers need $2‚000. They set off to find someone to kidnap in order to get money back for the person. They came across a boy named Johnny Dorset. Also in the movie and story‚ Bill played Indians with Johnny. Johnny gave Bill the name “Old Hank” and he gave Sam the name “Snake-eye the Spy”. The kidnappers in both the movie and story also had to pay the father $250 for the
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In the short story‚ “The Ransom of Red Chief” by O. Henry‚ there are several instances of the reader being misdirected when the opposite happens‚ rather than what he or she expects to take place. The author achieves this misdirection by using different types of irony in the short story. For instance‚ Henry uses situational irony. This type of irony occurs when the outcome of an event is the opposite of what the reader may have reasonably expected (Nordquist). Henry also uses verbal irony. According
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” In the case of O. Henry’s book; “The Ransom of Red Chief”‚ the entire plan to kidnap a kid and hold a ransom‚ goes‚ as Murphy’s Law predicts‚ horribly wrong. The story is about two men‚ Sam and Bill‚ planning to kidnap the son of Ebenezer Dorset‚ a rich mortgage fancier‚ and hold ransom. Me being very sarcastic‚ and O. Henry’s use of irony‚ had me hooked from beginning to end. In the story‚ Sam and Bill‚ kidnap a rich man’s son in order to hold a ransom. When the kid first met with them‚ he instinctively
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of business. Let’s go back to the turn of the last century when American businesses started to develop and take shape. 1920’s was seen as a time of lots of fun and entertainment; a time to make lots and lots of money as many businesses were starting up. This was the time where a lot of people saw an opportunity to invest their money in these companies. They bought stocks in large corporations.
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to get it‚ and eventually think of kidnapping a child from the town called Summit‚ and get ransom of 2000 dollars. Fulfilling their plan‚ they kidnap a ten- year old boy who is a son of a respectable and tight mortgage fancier. However‚ they come to face unexpected problems. Quite contrary from what Bill and Sam expected‚ the child never wants to go back to his home. Instead‚ he names himself the Red Chief and enjoys playing the Indian game. Poor Bill and Sam‚ being the victim of the child’s fun
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