"The Ransom of Red Chief" is a 1910 short story by O. Henry. It follows two men who attempt to kidnap and ransom a wealthy Alabaman's son; eventually, the men are driven to distraction by the boy and end up having to pay the boy's father to take him back. The story and its main idea have become a part of popular culture, with many children's television programs using a version of the story as one of their episodes. Plot This story tells of a boy held for ransom by two money hungry criminals, Bill Driscoll and Sam Howard. The two men are fugitives who have escaped to the Deep South searching for an easy way to get their hands on $2,000 they need in order to launch a land fraud scheme in Illinois.
Two kidnappers attempt to kidnap a little kid, and they demand the ransom from the kid’s father. However the author gives the readers a surprise ending at the end, they have to pay money for the kid’s father to get him back. There are three elements that make the story becomes interesting: setting, characters, plot. The story takes place in a town named Summit, Alabama. The two kidnapers decide to hide the kid in a little mountain about two miles from Summit.
The first major distinction between Crime & Punishment and Native Son was the mentality and psychology of the main characters. In Crime & Punishment, Raskolnikov’s mentality on why he killed the pawnbroker was shown through a periodical in which one of his essays was published. In the periodical, Raskolnikov argues that “the extraordinary…have the right to commit all kinds of crimes and transgress the laws in all kinds of ways” (Dostoyevsky 249). Raskolnikov murdered the pawnbroker because he was extraordinary, and he needed her money to carry out his plans to better the slum called St. Petersburg. Contrastingly, in Native Son, Bigger Thomas murders Mary Dalton out of fear.
There is the theme of violence and brutality running throughout the novel Lord of the Flies. It appears very early in the novel in a form of a game when Ralph “machined-gunned Piggy”, and lasts until the very end when Jack and his tribe are trying to kill Ralph. So through Golding’s use of language I am going to analyze the scene which I think is the most frightening moment of violence and brutality in the novel - Simon’s death. Golding uses imagery to present the boys’ violent and brutal act in killing Simon. “At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock.
As Mr Orwell describes, through Winston, the government, or by a more common name “Big Brother,” as “brainwashing” and “mental torture.” Big Brother would use many different methods of “brainwashing” across the cities though different means, such as huge banners taking up entire walls or huge spaces. One of the means that the government, Big Brother, would start this as at a young age, even turning children against their own parents for showing any signs of thought or personal opinion; going against the thought police. On page 13 Orwell writes “You’re a traitor!’ yelled the boy. ‘You’re a thought-criminal! You’re a Eurasian spy!
Wild Ride by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer The book that I choose is called Wild Ride, written by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer.The book takes place in Ohio at an amusement park called Dreamland. The themes in the book are revenge, betrayal, and comedy. Revenge is represented in the book when Delpha is murdered. All the characters are furious and want to take back revenge on Kharos. Betrayal is portrayed in the book because Ray has made a deal with Kharos.
Both of these groups have different skills in their problem. Prince John and the Sheriff are planning to use the skill of passing outlaws and confiscating properties of the enemies, Robin Hood and Merry Men. They are doing this as a result of anger and revenge for killing of their men by Robin Hood. Robin Hood and the Merry Men on the other hand are approaching their problem of seeing to it that Prince John is overthrown and King Richard restored by collaborating together and working tirelessly and fiercely towards success. (2) Social Exchange Theory This theory suggests that you only get more if you give( Argyris, 1976).
Learning the meaning of trust is exactly what you would think seeing this movie. It would make you think who you can trust. Avery is a desperate teenager who plans to have his sister Elise kidnapped and ransomed for 2,000,000 because he does not have the cash to pay his debt. Avery and his friends abduct a retired mob boss by the name of Charlie and force him to help find his sister. Charlie agrees to do but he cautions them that once they agree to the deal there is no turning back.
The Canterbury Tales The “Friar’s Tale” in the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is about a greedy and good for nothing Summoner that extorts money using his position and threatens people to get the money that he needs. There are many themes in the story but the most distinguish ones are being greedy can lead to your destruction and to watch what you wish for because it might just happen. The first moral that being greedy can lead to destruction is clearly shown with the Summoner’s greediness for money. The Chaucer writes “I’ll carry off your frying-pan for debt, the new one, owed since the day you cuckolded your husband”(320). The Summoner knowing that he will not get any money from the widow tried to get the widow’s pan since it was
V’s main goal is to scare the country with terrorist attacks in order to bring them together. His intentions are to use terror in order to reintroduce the country’s unity as one (Coppens 1). V had a personal experience in which the government separated the population into groups of people that had certain characteristics that were considered abnormal. V and many others were inmates of a concentration camp where political prisoners, homosexuals, blacks, Muslims, and Jews were used as human test subjects and then V decided to inflict terror by blowing up buildings and killing those that were involved with the concentration camps. V became a hero to those who were medically tested and tortured.