The Ransom Red Chief Analysis

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“More than 2,000 kids are kidnapped per day” like Johnny Dorset in the short story “The Ransom red chief” he gets kidnapped by Sam or the Red chief, so Sam could get money from the kidnapped boy's dad but instead he pays the dad 250$ to get the kid off his hands. In the story “The ransom red chief” the author O’Henry portrays the theme, “one who has bad intention could be blinded by their own darkness. In the story the two characters Sam and Bill show the theme “one who has bad intentions could be blinded by their own darkness.” First Sam has bad intentions by kidnapping Jonny who is Ebenezer Dorset’s little boy. He does this because he and his friend just, “Needed just two thousand dollars more for an illegal land deal in Illinois.” So they …show more content…

I heard a heavy sound and a deep breath from Bill. A rock the size of an egg had hit him just behind his left ear.” this was only half of the consequences for kidnapping the kid, he didn’t get to go to the illegal land deal because they had to pay all of their money back to the father. Sam ended up getting blinded by their own darkness, portraying the theme “one who has bad intentions could be blinded by his own darkness.”Secondly, Bill, Sam’s partner, gets blinded by his darkness to because he steals Johnny for money. He does this because he also wants to go to the, “ an illegal land deal in Illinois.” He distracts the child and he and Sam take him to,” the cave.” This wasn't a pleasant task for bill because the boy,”put up a fight like a wild animal.” An example of the consequences would be when Bill was,”rolling up his pants and examining wounds on his legs.” This was only one of the wounds he got, this showed the theme because he was injured during the dark process of nabbing Johnny. The next way Bill got his payback was when he had almost gotten killed by the boy because the child wanted something, “ sitting on Bill's chest, with one hand holding his hair. In the other, he had a sharp

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