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

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

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

The theme of a story is the moral or lesson displayed in the story. The theme of both the short story Ransom Of Red Chief and the movie Home Alone is that looks can be deceiving. In Ransom of Red Chief two con men try to kidnap a boy and hold him for ransom money, but the boy tortures the con men. In Ransom of Red Chief it stated “ I jumped up to see what the matter was. Red Chief was sitting on Bill’s chest, with one hand wrapped around Bill’s hair. In the other he had a sharp knife we used for

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

The short story “Ransom of red Chief” and the movie Home Alone share the theme “Don’t underestimate your opponent”. In the short story “Ransom of Red Chief” the text states “ One more night of this kid will send me to a bed in the madhouse”. This shows that they thought it would be easy to keep him in the cave but Red Chief drove them crazy. In the movie Home Alone the criminals think that since Kevin is home alone it will be easy to rob the house,but instead he sets traps to stop them and takes

message of the story. The theme of The Ransom of Red chief and Home Alone is every family has their pros and cons but deep down they love you. Evidence from the movie that proves this theme is that when Kevin had gotten in trouble because he made a mess in the kitchen he said he wishes he no longer had a family. Then the next day his family had left him alone when they went to the airport and he was excited at first but then said he wanted his family back (Home Alone). This shows that even though Kevin

theme for Ransom of Red Chief and Home Alone is that appearances can be deceiving. It states on page 62, “Hey little boy! says Bill, would you like to have a bag of candy and a nice ride? The boy hits Bill square in the eye with a piece of brick”(O’ Henry 62). This means that Bill thought Red Chief was stupid, small and he didn’t expect the little boy to hurt him. From a scene in Home Alone Harry and Marv knocked on Kevin's’ door to let them in and Kevin shot Harry and Marv with a bb gun...(Home Alone)

The themes, characters, and conflicts in both ‘Ransom of Red Chief’ and Home Alone are similar despite being two different stories. Knowing and understanding the conflict can help you further understand the theme. Also knowing the characters and how they can contribute to the conflict. The characters are very similar in both stories. Also in both, there is a conflict between two men and boy, and the boy ends up overpowering them. There are also contrasting conflicts presented by the boys in each

themes to Ransom of Red Chief and Home Alone but one in particular stood out to me, family. Families always have pros and cons but when it comes to love family never lets you down. In the story Ransom of Red Chief it shows you what family love really means, it states, “ You bring Johnny home and pay me two hundred and fifty dollars in cash. I will then agree to take him off your hands”(O Henry 75) This illustrates that even though Johnny is very imp and rowdy, his dad still wants him to come home so he

Home Alone and Ransom of Red Chief have the same theme, “Don’t underestimate your opponent”.In Ransom of Red Chief, the author states, “Bill and me figured that we could shake down Ebenezer was an easy for a ransom of two thousand dollars to the last cent.” This illustrates that Bill and Sam thought Ebenezer was an easy target, but what really happened was, “I should have been taking fifteen hundred dollars from the boy underneath the tree. Instead, Bill was counting out two hundred and fifty dollars