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    This paper is a discussion on my worldview and my personal beliefs about God and creation. I will be contrasting it with a secular writing‚ the “Ransom of Red Chief” by writer O. Henry. I will discuss how I came to form these views‚ and defend each of my arguments with examples from the bible and similar writings. A quick summary of what I believe about God‚ creation‚ humankind‚ epistemology and ethics are as follows. I believe God is all powerful and all knowing‚ and loves his creation enough to

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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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    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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    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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    are many similarities between the story and the movie versions of “The Ransom of Red Chief”‚ but there are also many differences between them as well. For example‚ in the original story‚ Bill and Sam lured the boy with candy. However in the movie‚ they just sneak up on him and trap him in a box. Also in the story‚ Bill and Sam started off with $600. While in the movie‚ they started off with $300 instead. In the story‚ Red Chief didn’t drive Bill and Sam’s car‚ but in the movie‚ he does drive their

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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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    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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    In both the story and movie of Ransom of Red Chief‚ Johnny talked a lot. The movie and story the town didn’t make a big deal about the boy being missing. The boy‚ Johnny‚ in both events didn’t want to go home. Johnny threaten both Bill and Sam. There were a lot of things similar. On the other hand‚ in the movie Bill and Sam watched Johnny. It took them a lot of work just to get the boy. On the other hand the boy was lured into the wagon with candy in the story. In the movie they had set up traps

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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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    the short story “The Ransom of Red Chief‚” by O. Henry‚ Sam and Bill kidnapped an eight-year old boy and kept him in a cave to make some money. The two men decide to write a letter asking for $2‚000 in return of the boy. At first‚ the men controlled the boy and told him what to do. But after the boy got comfortable at the cave‚ he started controlling what goes on around him. Sam and Bill are unable to control the boy‚ called Red Chief‚ who wouldn’t leave them alone. “Red Chief was sitting on Bill’s

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