Ransom Of Red Chief Analysis

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Theme is a lesson learned about life, throughout a medium. Medium is a way to show a story. Such as a full-blown movie, short story, ballad(song), art, novel, drama, and so forth. There are two different stories that have the same theme. One of them is Home Alone, the other story is Ransom of Red Chief. A theme that seems appropriate for both these stories is ,Don’t judge a book by its cover. The reason I choose this theme for both stories is, in “Ransom of Red Chief,” Johnny was a ten-year-old kid, with freckles and red hair. In Home Alone, Kevin a ten-year-old, who was short and a little immature. In Home Alone, Kevin at first looked all sweet and innocent but then when the robbers come to rob the house, they think that no one is home. Then, …show more content…
In verbal irony, there is sarcasm, where the speaker means the opposite if what they say. Situational irony is where what you think will happen, the complete opposite happens. Dramatic irony is where the audience is in on a secret that the actors are unaware of. For example, in Ransom of Red Chief, Johnny, is talking to Sam and says, “ We’re making Buffalo Bill’s show seem as exciting as a town meeting.” This is an example of verbal irony because Johnny means that they are going to play a game that will be as exciting as a town meeting. As you can see, verbal irony is used in “Ransom of Red Chief” as it does in Home Alone This reveals that verbal irony is used in both Ransom of Red Chief and Home Alone. There is a lot of situational irony that happens in both types in mediums. Ransom of Red Chief has a few examples of situational irony. For instance, you would think that two kidnappers would have control over a ten-year-old boy, but in fact Kevin is in charge of Sam and Bill. Home Alone has the same effect, you would think that two robbers would be able to handle a ten-year-old, who had been home alone. Dramatic irony is shown throughout both mediums as well. In Home Alone, the robbers did not know that Kevin was at the family's home, alone, in which the audience did. Likewise, in Ransom of Red Chief, Bill, when he was talking to Sam about leaving Johnny behind, the audience knew that Johnny was right behind Bill, who did not know that he was still there. These were examples of different types of irony used in “ Ransom of Red Chief” and Home
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