Home Alone

The 1990 movie Home Alone may have poked fun at what could happen when an eight-year old boy is accidentally left home alone, yet in reality it is not uncommon for thousands of American children to be left home alone on any given day. Children who are left home alone - sometimes known as "latchkey kids" -- are often left without adult supervision for reasons beyond a parent's control and, in some unfortunate situations, out of neglect or child abuse. For anyone considering whether it is alright

There is a strong theme that 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

The theme of a story is the moral message or lesson of a story. There are many themes in Home Alone and Ransom of Red Chief but the one that stood out to me the most was that the looks of people can be extremely different from their actions. In the story Ransom of Red Chief the story states “The kid was a freckle-faced boy of ten with freckles that stood out. His hair was the color of the cover of the magazine you buy at the newsstand when you want to catch a train. Hey little boy! Says Bill Would

them again. His wish did, in fact, come true, he was left home alone on Christmas Eve while his family was on vacation. The thing is he has to face two robbers in an event of the battle of good vs. evil just to save his house, nor does he have anyone to look up too. But does he? Having no family there makes it even harder, and Kevin soon realizes that maybe his family is what matters most. This film is called Home Alone, In the film Home Alone, the storyteller uses the archetype the “hero's” regrets

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 lived by himself

The short story “ Ransom Of Red chief “ and Home Alone share the theme, don't underestimate your opponent. According to the text “that boy had bill terrorized from the start.” This shows that even though they thought taking the boy would be easy, but in all reality it wasn't. In the film Kevin was underestimated when he was home alone, but he actually outsmarted the criminals and defeated them. This highlights underestimating your opponent is wrong. Main and Minor characters share some similar

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

the thought of their beloved missing, you would surprisingly find yourself to be incorrect. In truth, the young boy in the story is ecstatic to be away from home. As stated in the text, Johnny proclaimed, “'Aw, what for?' says he. 'I don't have any fun at home. I hate to go to school. I like to camp out. You won't take me back home again, Snake-eye, will you?’” Evidently, the child was enjoying his new life in the wilderness, and didn’t even blink an eye at the thought of being away from

In the movie of The Ransom of Red Chief there are some differences and similarities. In the movie Red chief drives a car. When in the short story Red Chief didn’t drive a car. There’s no way that a 10 year old kid can drive a car. In the movie there is a car. In the short story there is a buggy that they kidnap Red Chief in. In the short story Red Chief is throwing rocks at Bill the kidnapper. In the movie Red chief is setting off fire crackers to wake Bill up. In both of them Bill is the one that

you can’t judge a person by their looks. The kid looked like a sweet little boy but his action proved differently by showing him being impish. In the movie Home Alone when the con men were in their van talking about breaking into the house that Kevin was in they said in reference to Kevin“Oh this will be easy kids are stupid”(Home Alone). This shows that they think that Kevin is a dunce and will be easy to fool. Throughout the movie Kevin proves them wrong by outsmarting the con men with even