Murphy’s Law states‚ “Anything that can go wrong‚ will go wrong.” 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
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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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and practitioners‚ based on agreed-upon definitions of police imperatives‚ values and virtues. Three important reasons for ethics and integrity for police chiefs and county sheriffs would be behavior‚ values‚ and honesty. Law enforcement
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He said‚ “Hello Nikki. Are you excited to go to Job Corps?” I lie and said yes. When it was time to leave I said goodbye to my mother and got on the bus. On my way to Monticello‚ I saw a white ugly bus and three people with a sign saying welcome to Job Corps. I got on the bus and they introduced themselves to us. There was five people with me on the bus they gave us some snack before we
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1. | What type of weapon is the STINGER? | A. MANPADS | | | 2. | The missile uses both negative ultraviolet homing and which of the following? | | | B. Heat-seeking infrared | | | 3. | Which of the following identifies the correct separable gripstock assembly? | B. IFF interrogate switch‚ IFF interrogator connector‚ safety & actuator device‚ uncaging switch‚ firing trigger‚ BCU receptacle and Cap | | | | | 4. | Which of the following sources does the STINGER
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“Welcome to the Jungle; we take it day by day.” These are song lyrics from the song Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N’ Roses. It explains the McGhee family very well. Most of the time‚ my dad will say‚ “I can’t make any plans yet‚ we have to take it day by day.” Obviously‚ this quote is suitable for my family. My dad isn’t the only person who says it though. I consider my family to be a jungle because there are very many people involved in my family‚ whether it’s step relatives or very far distant
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Paul Hasegawa-Overacker’s “Guest of Cindy Sherman” documents his complicated and decaded long relationship with the famous artist Cindy Sherman. In the documentary‚ Paul situates himself as the guest of Cindy’s art world‚ but from the scene I am going to analyze will demonstrate how Cindy situates herself as the object of Paul’s desire. Cindy gives an invitation to become Paul’s sexual thrall. The first way Cindy demonstrates as Paul’s sexual thrall is by inviting him to her work environment. In
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Henry utilizes situational irony to develop a hysterical feeling in “The Ransom of Red Chief.” Guy de Maupassant uses situational irony to construct the feeling sorrow in his story “The Necklace.” By looking over “The Ransom of Red Chief” and “The Necklace” it is clear that the authors use situational irony to transform readers emotions. O.Henry uses situational irony to make the story ”The Ransom of Red Chief” humorous. For instance the kidnappers have to pay the ransom instead of the parents for
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Running head: COUNTRY LOVERS Country Lovers Tanya Looney Country Lovers The story “Country Lovers” captured my interest in this week’s reading assignment. Nadine Gordimer the author was born and raised in South Africa‚ an activist who dealt with racial inequality‚ especially the Apartheid in South Africa. In the 1991 Gordimer won the Nobel Prize for her literature. Country Lovers is a short story about a forbidden love that occurred in South Africa. The poor female character
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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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