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Monday, August 24, 2009
Question #1
What literary element brings the most humor to this story? Give two examples and explain why each is the literary element and why it is funny.
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The literary element that brings the most humor to this story is the theme and the climax because the theme is don’t kidnap kids because they could be crazy and the climax was when the dad sent a letter asking for money for the boy back but really the protagonist was suppose to get the money but it was the other way around.
Irony is the literary element that brings the most humor to the story. When Sam and Bill kidnap Johnny he is supposed to be scared but instead he is having more fun than he does at his home in Summit. Another type of irony in the story is when Sam and Bill set a ransom for the return of Johnny and instead of giving Sam and Bill the ransom money Johnnie’s dad sets a ransom for Sam and Bill to take Johnny off of their hands.
Question 5: The overall situational irony of the story is how Red Chief ends up being the one who plays tricks on the kidnappers. The kidnappers where planning on being the ones who would treat him horrible, but that was not the case. Red Chief’s family had Red Chief back, with two hundred and fifty dollars, when the kidnappers were suppose to come out of this with 2,000 dollars.
The literary element that brings the most humor is the irony. It shows all types of irony in this story in funny ways. One way it shows irony is when they kidnap Jonny and take him to the cave, instead of Jonny being scared he was enjoying self thinking that it was a campout. Also how instead of Bill being able to take on Jonny, Jonny takes out Bill everyday.
3.) The protagonist is Sam in the story. I feel sympathy for Sam because he was desperate enough to kidnap a kid that likes to be with them. Sam was the brain in the kidnap but he should have kidnapped a different kid instead of red chief.
3.) The protagonist is Sam in the story. I feel sympathy for Sam because he was desperate enough to kidnap a kid that likes to be with them. Sam was the brain in the kidnap but he should have kidnapped a different kid instead of Red Chief.
3.) The protagonist is Sam and the two ways the author makes you sympathize for him is he sticks him with this little kid who treats him horribly and the author doesn’t let him get the money in the end. Instead he has to pay up to get rid of the kid.
The overall situational irony of the story is when Sam sends the letter to Ebenezer Dorset and Ebenezer knows his son can get annoying to some people so he sends a letter asking for his son and $250. Another situational irony example is when they kidnap the Red Chief, the Red Chief haves fun instead of acting scared. The Red Chief thinks that the whole time it is a camping trip for most of the story.
The protagonist in the story, “The Ransom of Red Chief” is Sam. The author might want the reader to sympathize Sam because he has to deal with Red Chief and his devilish ways. The author makes the readers sympathize Sam because Red Chief is evil, and Sam and Bill have to be with him. The reader should also sympathize Sam because Red Chief tried to kill both Sam and Bill, therefore, the reader should sympathize the protagonist.
4.) Ebenezer’s letter was a big turn around in the story. He asked if they could give him money for his kid. They gave him the money and then they took off running so the Red Chief want bother them any more.
10 comments:
The literary element that brings the most humor to this story is the theme and the climax because the theme is don’t kidnap kids because they could be crazy and the climax was when the dad sent a letter asking for money for the boy back but really the protagonist was suppose to get the money but it was the other way around.
Irony is the literary element that brings the most humor to the story. When Sam and Bill kidnap Johnny he is supposed to be scared but instead he is having more fun than he does at his home in Summit. Another type of irony in the story is when Sam and Bill set a ransom for the return of Johnny and instead of giving Sam and Bill the ransom money Johnnie’s dad sets a ransom for Sam and Bill to take Johnny off of their hands.
Question 5: The overall situational irony of the story is how Red Chief ends up being the one who plays tricks on the kidnappers. The kidnappers where planning on being the ones who would treat him horrible, but that was not the case. Red Chief’s family had Red Chief back, with two hundred and fifty dollars, when the kidnappers were suppose to come out of this with 2,000 dollars.
The literary element that brings the most humor is the irony. It shows all types of irony in this story in funny ways. One way it shows irony is when they kidnap Jonny and take him to the cave, instead of Jonny being scared he was enjoying self thinking that it was a campout. Also how instead of Bill being able to take on Jonny, Jonny takes out Bill everyday.
3.) The protagonist is Sam in the story. I feel sympathy for Sam because he was desperate enough to kidnap a kid that likes to be with them. Sam was the brain in the kidnap but he should have kidnapped a different kid instead of red chief.
3.) The protagonist is Sam in the story. I feel sympathy for Sam because he was desperate enough to kidnap a kid that likes to be with them. Sam was the brain in the kidnap but he should have kidnapped a different kid instead of Red Chief.
3.) The protagonist is Sam and the two ways the author makes you sympathize for him is he sticks him with this little kid who treats him horribly and the author doesn’t let him get the money in the end. Instead he has to pay up to get rid of the kid.
The overall situational irony of the story is when Sam sends the letter to Ebenezer Dorset and Ebenezer knows his son can get annoying to some people so he sends a letter asking for his son and $250. Another situational irony example is when they kidnap the Red Chief, the Red Chief haves fun instead of acting scared. The Red Chief thinks that the whole time it is a camping trip for most of the story.
The protagonist in the story, “The Ransom of Red Chief” is Sam. The author might want the reader to sympathize Sam because he has to deal with Red Chief and his devilish ways. The author makes the readers sympathize Sam because Red Chief is evil, and Sam and Bill have to be with him. The reader should also sympathize Sam because Red Chief tried to kill both Sam and Bill, therefore, the reader should sympathize the protagonist.
4.) Ebenezer’s letter was a big turn around in the story. He asked if they could give him money for his kid. They gave him the money and then they took off running so the Red Chief want bother them any more.
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