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Summary Of The Ransom Of Red Chief
In the story “The Ransom of Red Chief” The two characters Bill and Johnny, or the Red Chief, as he likes to be called, do not get along very well, or rather, Bill is not very fond of Johnny at all. This is for a multitude of reasons, like the time that the other character Sam is off doing things like mailing letters to Johnny’s father, Bill is forced to look after Johnny, and has to play a few games with him. Like for instance the time that Johnny pretended Bill was a horse and rode him around for awhile. This would be enough for most people to just want to be away from this child as quickly as possible, but Johnny also repeatedly attacks him, barely stopped by Sam. Whether on purpose or in the play world, Johnny tries to scalp Bill and bash

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