The Characters Of Home Alone, And The Ransom Of Red Chief

Compare how the theme of courage is explored in To Kill a Mockingbird and The Help?

Throughout the film, many stories are told by different characters that are involved in the story. There are

Both Kevin and Red Chief were boisterous characters in their stories. While Kevin and Red Chief may have some similarities they also have a large amount of differences. one of these differences is the fact that Kevin is a caring character while Red Chief is a violent character. An example from the movie Home Alone showing that Kevin is caring is the scene where he is talking to his neighbor telling him to call his son and make up with him (Home Alone). this shows that Kevin can be a kind person as well as a obstreperous person. He can be a nice person when he needs to be, unlike Red Chief. In the story Red Chief it says, “ I remembered that Red Chief had said I was to be burned at the stake at dawn”(O’Henry 65). This evidence shows that Red Chief was willing to torture or kill Sam. He didn't care that he was hurting other people, physically and mentally, with his actions. There are also some similar character traits shared between the criminals in both stories. The antagonist in both stories could be described as greedy. In the story Ransom of Red Chief it states,” Bill and me figured that we could shake down Ebenezer for a ransom of two thousand dollars to the last cent”(O’Henry 62). This highlights the fact that bill and Sam wanted to get money from kidnapping Red Chief. They wanted an absurd amount of money from Ebenezer which caused them misfortune in the long run. In the movie Home Alone when the robbers try to steal things from the McCallister

This story resembles bravery in a little mongos named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. A mongos who saves a family and gets something in return. He protects this family with his life and always thinks of others first. Rikki is a fighting, protecting, and loving mongos who has killed many of snakes protecting this little boy named Teddy, and his family. In the story and movie there are many of similarities and differences, to do with the plot, setting, and characters, comparing the book and the movie Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.

The biggest similarity between the movie and the short story was in the introduction. The characters stayed the same in each (although more were added in the movie), with the main characters being Zaroff and Rainsford. The time period also seemed to be alike, in the early

Ransom of Red Chief and the movie Home Alone have similar events. One event id when both boys burn the criminals. In the short story states “ He put a red hot boiled potato down my back and smashed it”. This shows that in the story Red Chief burns the criminal. In the movie Home Alone Kevin heats up the door handle and when the criminal tries to get in it burns his hand. This shows how Kevin burned one of the criminals. Another event that was similar is when the boys use weapons to hurt the criminals. In the short story “Ransom of Red Chief” the text states “A rock the size of an egg had hit Bill just behind his left ear”. This shows that Red Chief used a weapon in this case a rock to hurt one of the criminals. In the Movie Home

A very important similarity between the stories, is that they both are in the view point of a Union soldier in the nineteenth century, during the civil war. The similarities between these two books combine the ideals of battle and war, also the resemblances show how alike the two protagonists of the stories are.

Set in the American frontier in the latter half of the eighteenth century, the tale of True Grit reads like the diary of a precocious, headstrong, and mature fourteen year old girl. Mattie Ross, the main character, recruits the callous, no nonsense U.S. Marshal Rooster, Cogburn to aid her in tracking down Tom Chaney, her father’s killer. Cocky, Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, needs Cogburn to guide him through Indian Territory because he too seeks justice, as well as a monetary reward, for capturing the same outlaw. Mattie demonstrates her strength of will as well as her resourcefulness, as the troupe takes on the unexpected in their adventurous wilderness journey. The three main characters; Mattie Ross, Rooster Cogburn, and Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, all demonstrate true grit in some similar and some dissimilar ways in both the 1968 novel by Charles Portis and the 2010 film adaptation by the Coen brothers.

We can talk about being brave all we want, but doing it is another story. The father also showed bravery, as well as showing us what it was like to go against the crowd at this time. Most people wanted a slavery and would do anything they could to get it in kansas, and Mr. Cody did his best to try and stop them. This was a big influence on his son Billy because he would put his mind to something and would not let anything stop him. Even when his mother told him no, he stuck to his opinion and did it anyway. The young boy in this book is a true inspiration to readers, and the author did a fantastic job showing us that. Throughout the book we see different themes, characters, facts, and stories that help us understand what it was like growing up in bleeding kansas. The entertainment value and knowledge learned from this book makes it well worth the read, as well as the purchase so you can go back and re-read it, because it is just that good. Andrea Warren depicts Buffalo Bill perfectly as well as nails the background information and the history

Even when people do not realize it, everyone is always learning from other people. Characters in stories all have a variety of different personalities. One character from the stories desires to be daring and fearless, while the other character is both both of those qualities. Since one character desires to be something that he is not, he puts his imagination to the test and makes his own perfect scenarios.

To begin when I was in 7th grade, there was a solo for the violas in a concert, and there was only 4 of us. We all had to play out, so that the whole Auditorium would hear us. That showed that when I played out it should I was brave. So me being brave nothing compares to these 2 characters in these 2 stories, were brave. The characters Conner and the sniper showed that they were brave with their actions because Conner put himself in danger while he was getting shot at, and the sniper while he was pinned down.

The Story and The Movie of, Ransom of Red Chief were two different aspects. They had the same sequence, the same setting and the same characters. Also it was a couple things that was different, that happened in the story, but happened different in the movie. The things that happened in the story was the men had a buggy in the movie he had a car. Also in the story he fought back when the men tried to kidnap him.

The main character that is seen as the pure “good” of of the boys, and is also a jesus figure in the story, is Simon. Simon is the good in human that can prevail even through the evil. He helps Ralph with making shelters, he helps the smaller children pick fruit that is to high for them to reach, he stays compassionate to Piggy when Piggy is the punchline of a joke, and is just honestly good. Simon is smart enough to see that the beast is not real, and he is not intimidated by it. Simon is why I believe that man is inherently good. Despite all that happens he remains good. The other boys turn to savagery when they are influenced by fear and by Jack, but Simon shows it’s possible to avoid such things. It was the ruling under a tyrant leader, Jack, that the boys turned to savagery. It was not the nature of the boys, it was the influence brought upon

All of these main characters shared a lot of common attributes. The first and most important attribute was trying to overcome multiple

When talking about the main characters let us first take into account Screech, a character they have chosen to make almost depressingly simple minded. Also there is Zack, student with little to no respect for his teachers, thinking of them as some easily fooled pawns in most of his plans. The fact that the teachers are so easily fooled and strung along by this boy