Ransom Written by Lois Duncan Setting: The story takes place in New Mexico Time: The story occurs during the winter. Characters: Buck is one of the three people who are kidnapping the children. He is tempered easily. He doesn’t really care for others much. Rita is Buck’s wife. She is not very pretty and gets drug into schemes by Buck. She feels he will leave her if she doesn’t follow directions. Juan is the other kidnapper who does more of the dirty work. He is the
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In this story‚ two desperate men‚ Bill and Sam need 2000 dollars for their business. They search for ways to get it‚ and eventually think of kidnapping a child from the town called Summit‚ and get ransom of 2000 dollars. Fulfilling their plan‚ they kidnap a ten- year old boy who is a son of a respectable and tight mortgage fancier. However‚ they come to face unexpected problems. Quite contrary from what Bill and Sam expected‚ the child never wants to go back to his home. Instead‚ he names himself
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about him‚ which made it impossible to believe that he was a serial killer. He would go to the neighborhood park and secede himself from the other families‚ watching and waiting for the perfect moment to kidnap and kill a young girl or boy. The kidnappings were so quick and scrupulous that by the time the parents had noticed the child was missing it was too late. He had a tact with getting away from the crime scene within the blink of an eye. You would think it would be easy to spot a man taking a
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partner Bill take when they capture a malevolent red-headed hellion‚ Johnny Dorset (a worthy antagonist)‚ and attempt to hold him for ransom. “Philoprogenitiveness‚ says we‚ is strong in semi-rural communities; therefore and for other reasons‚ a kidnapping project ought to do better there than in the radius of newspapers that send reporters out in plain clothes to stir up talk about such things… So‚ it looked good.” It soon becomes apparent that Sam and Bill have completely misjudged the situation
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the state in whose domain kidnapping takes place culpable‚ appears misplaced. Traditional rulers‚ especially in the Southeastern states‚ only have ornamental value and should therefore not be expected to be the chief security officers of their kingdoms. They are not paid security agents of the state‚ and should therefore not be expected to play the role of moles‚ which was never part of the duties of traditional rulers. There is however merit in the proposal that kidnapping should attract capital punishment
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demand for ransom in the room next to mine. Oblivious to me‚ the “parents”on the other line were listening in disbelief as their daughter was beside them. The kidnapper’s frustration in the room was also rising whan they realsed that insteadof kidnapping the millionare’s daughter‚ they had accidentally captured me‚ a family that was not wealthy nor
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Today my daughter asked me if it was okay if she could go for a walk around the block‚ I was a little hesitant but I found no harm in it so I said yes. If I would’ve know what happened next my immediate response would’ve been NO. Someone took her; she hasn’t come home since that day. I can’t live myself knowing that I’m the one who allowed her to go‚ I don’t know where she is or if she’s even alive. You can’t imagine how that feels‚ you guys lose your phones or wallets and find them in the next couple
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various crimes where people are injured‚ murdered‚ raped‚ etc‚ have made me interesting in learning about the thoughts and feelings that victims experience in these kinds of harmful situations. The cases that I find the most interesting are ones of kidnapping and child abduction. The events that take place when someone is held captive are unspeakable and many question why abductees would not try to escape. When individuals are placed in a situation where they no longer have any control over their fate
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cried and cried… When I finally got full of anger‚ I got on the first plane to Kenya looked for someone who could help me‚ get a gun and get my daughter back. Then I found Rebecca‚ she told me that these kidnappers have been working for 3 months kidnapping innocent teens from the airport and taking them to the Old Stadium to auction
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friends‚ Being a hostage is not a good experience for a young kids. But unfortunately‚ I happen to witness one of my younger sister’s classmate being kidnapped and it was terrifying. His name is Amri and he is ten years old. He was the victim of a kidnapping series and he was still a primary school student. The incident happened on a fine Monday morning. A man who had history of mental illness and was previously a criminal broke into the school compound. Armed with a switchblade‚ he scared everybody
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