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    The Irony of Red Chief The situation irony in The Ransom of Red Chief creates humor and developing them by giving little hints about what will happen and what might happen. Situation irony is a discrepancy of what will happen and what might happen. In movies or TV shows. The Ransom of Red Chief has a lot of examples of irony. The first example is how the boy thinks that he is going camping but really he is being kidnapped and sold back to his parents. According to paragraph 16 sentence 1 it states"I

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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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    irony is the unexpected twist commonly found in stories. In O.Henry’s “The Ransom of Red Chief‚” situational irony is used to create a humorous effect. Guy de Maupassant uses situational irony in his story “The Necklace” to present a sense of justice to the reader. Based on these two stories‚ it is evident that situational irony is a commonly used method for authors to show sentiment. In O.Henry’s short story “The Ransom of Red Chief‚” he uses situational irony to create a humorous effect.

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    I read “The Library of Souls”‚ written by Ransom Riggs. Ransom RIggs‚ the author of this novel‚ grew up on a farm on the Eastern shore of Maryland and also in a little house by the beach in Englewood‚ Florida. He was lonely‚ since he had no brothers or sisters to play with. He liked telling stories from when he was young‚ sometimes with pictures‚ sometimes with words‚ and that was how he spent his free time for recreation. When he got a little older‚ he got a camera for his birthday and started getting

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    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 both the story and movie of Ransom of Red Chief‚ Johnny talked a lot. The movie and story the town didn’t make a big deal about the boy being missing. The boy‚ Johnny‚ in both events didn’t want to go home. Johnny threaten both Bill and Sam. There were a lot of things similar. On the other hand‚ in the movie Bill and Sam watched Johnny. It took them a lot of work just to get the boy. On the other hand the boy was lured into the wagon with candy in the story. In the movie they had set up traps

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    ” 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 order to hold a ransom. When the kid first met with them‚ he instinctively

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    Different theories exist as to why or for whom Jesus Christ died on the cross for. Alsem in his article Meditation on Human Redemption rejected the Ransom Theory by explaining the meaning of sin‚ the importance of the crucifixion‚ and what we owe to Jesus Christ because of the crucifixion. Throughout his article he makes sure to deconstruct the Ransom Theory and construct the Theory of Satisfaction. It all started with the falling out of Adam and Eve‚ they were given all the riches and goodness but

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    In the short story‚ “The Ransom of Red Chief” by O. Henry‚ there are several instances of the reader being misdirected when the opposite happens‚ rather than what he or she expects to take place. The author achieves this misdirection by using different types of irony in the short story. For instance‚ Henry uses situational irony. This type of irony occurs when the outcome of an event is the opposite of what the reader may have reasonably expected (Nordquist). Henry also uses verbal irony. According

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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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