Similarities Between Home Alone And Ransom Of Red Chief

Throughout both Home Alone and Ransom of Red Chief there is a strong theme. The theme that crosses over between the two stories is, even though they might be small kids can be smarter and stronger than adults. In the movie Home Alone Kevin was able to outsmart the robbers by setting up traps in the house (Home Alone). In Ransom of Red Chief, Red Chief was stronger than Bill and was able to control him. It states on page 65,”I jumped up to see what the matter was. Red Chief was sitting on Bill’s chest

really ties both Ransom of Red Chief and Home Alone together. The main theme between the stories is if you mess with the bull then you get the horns. This theme means that if you provoke another person you should expect to receive retribution. The evidence from the story Ransom of Red Chief that could tuley support this theme can be found on page sixty-six and sixty-seven in paragraph eleven one and two, and it states, “‘I’ll fix you,” says the kid to Bill. “No man ever yet hit Red Chief who don't get

story that connects them together. The theme for both “Ransom of Red Chief” and “Home Alone” would be Don't let anyone take advantage of you or your things. Evidence that supports this theme on page 64 “Now and then he would let out a war whoop that made Old hank the Trapper shake. That boy had bill terrorized from the start.” This shows home Red Chief got back at Bill and soon to be Sam for kidnapping him and so did Kevin in Home Alone. In Home Alone Kevin had Marv terrorize the same as Bill. Kevin scares

the story The Ransom of The Red Chief and the movie Home Alone, I believe that the theme is that no matter how big or small someone is, you should never underestimate them. One example to support my theme is in the story. The author wrote, “I jumped up to see what the matter was. Red Chief was sitting on Bill’s chest, with one hand tangled in Bill’s hair. In the other he had the sharp knife we used for slicing bacon.”(O. Henry 65). This is a prime example that shows that Red Chief is not scared to

that stands out in both Ransom of Red Chief and Home Alone is that looks can be deceiving. On page 62 of Ransom of Red Chief, the author states, “The kid was a freckle-faced boy of ten with freckles that stood out”(O’Henry). This shows that even though Johnny seemed like a little innocent boy, he turned out to be an even greater terror than the criminals who kidnapped him. In Home Alone, Kevin comes across as harmless and looks as though he can’t defend himself(Home Alone). In reality he not only

There is a similarity between the movie and the short story. The main theme that is showed throughout the movie Home Alone and the short story called The Ransom of Red Chief is bravery. In the short story on page sixty two it states “That boy put up a fight like a boxing bear. At last we got him down in the bottom of the buggy and drove away” (O. Henry 62). This shows that even though Red Chief was a little boy going up against two men that he was not scared to try to fight back and get away. In