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The narrator is called Sam.
Bill and Sam choose him because Ebenezer Dorset is rich, and most likely in the town to pay a high ransom.
The resolution is that the boy is returned to his father, and the kidnappers escape.
The theme of this story is implied. The theme is "Criminals always get what they deserve". Bill and Sam find themselves forced at the end of story to pay Red Chief's father in order to get rid of the mischievous kid. This is really ironic, because we expected the father to pay the ransom like what ordinary people would do. Instead O. Henry ended the story with a twist and made the story more memorable. Thus, Bill and Sam lost their ransom and had to pay 250 $ to have things sorted out
Bill and Sam, two professional criminals, are planing to do a scheme to get money.SO after thinking, they decide to kidnap a boy named Johny.they took the boy and hid him in a cave.they didnt know that he was such a trouble maker.johny,now calling himself,red cheif,tortures both of them.That is the conflict
The Ransom of Red Chief was created in 1910.
Ransom of the Red Chief is a short story by O Henry.
somnolent sleepiness is an example of tautology in ransom of red chief
"Ransom" and "Red Chief" should both be capitalized correctly.
The Ransom of Red Chief - 1911 was released on: USA: 15 February 1911
Sam, The Red Chief, and Bill.
1910
The malapropism in "The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry is when the kidnappers refer to their victim as wild Indian not wild child.
The story "The Ransom of Red Chief" was written by O. Henry, a pen name for American writer William Sydney Porter. This humorous short story was first published in 1907.
Ebenezer Dorset
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The first is in the title: Ranson of Red Chief.