Ransom Of Red Chief Short Story

“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 and Sam had a buggy. Sam shook the boy when he keep hitting Bill. And Sam is the one who took the ransom latter. In the movie, it was very different. Sam asked little boys questions about the Dorset family. Bill and Sam had a car, and put Red Chief
in a box. They went to the woods and said they were camping, not to a cave. Red Chief took the car and about racked it. The boy caught Bill on fire and put a snake in his covers. Red Chief bit Bill. Also in the movie, Sam had another little boy take the latter and Sam payed the ransom to the father. On the other hand, when the neighbors realized the Red Chief was back they disliked it. Red Chief would throw bricks at the animals and break peoples stuff. The neighbors’ didn’t like the boy. They were just fine that he was gone and wished he would have stayed gone. Now the he was back people would stay in their homes and keep their kids inside. They were scared of the boy.