• BRAC University

• ENG 091

“The Ransom of Red Chief” is written by O. Henry. Here, Sam and Bill kidnapped a ten years old boy with red hair named Johnny. Bill and Sam needed money for an illegal land deal. That was the reason for kidnapping. While kidnapping the boy, they offered a bag of candy to the boy but they boy started to fight like a wild animal. However, they managed to kidnap the boy and took him up to a cave. The boy started to play a game. He gave his name “Red Chief”. The boy was very naughty. He bothered them so much. At a time, the boy was sitting on Bill’s chest, with one hand holding a sharp knife and he was trying to cut off Bill’s head. Several events happened to Bill. The boy broke Bill’s spirit. The boy did not want to go back home. He was enjoying his own company. But Bill was tired of the boy’s activity and it was hard to handle all the activities for Sam. Sam wrote a letter demanding fifteen hundred dollars. Around the post office Sam heard an old man saying that Summit was worried about Ebenezer Dorset’s boy. This was the thing Sam wanted to know. Sam received a letter from Dorset where Dorset wanted two hundred fifty dollars for receiving his son