The Ransom Of The Red Chief Analysis

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The Ransom of the Red Chief
In the story, The Ransom of the Red Chief, the Red Chief “plays” with Bill and Sam. Soon they fear him and they want to give him back.
In the beginning, Sam and Bill kidnapped a little kid, and he called himself The Red Chief. When Bill and Sam took him to their cave, the Red Chief said he would burn Sam at sunrise. Sam was uneasy so he stayed awake, but then Bill woke up and said, “You was to be burned at sunrise, and you was afraid he’d do it, and he would to!” They were starting to fear The Red Chief, but they wouldn’t admit it to each other. While Sam was making sure the guy they took the child from was going to pay them, Bill had to keep the kid entertained. The Red Chief made Bill do whatever he wanted him to do. The Red Chief started to make Bill crazy, Bill said, “One more night of this kid will send me to a bed in Bedlam.” …show more content…
They were trying to get money so they could do an illegal land deal in Illinois, “then this kidnapping idea struck us.” They thought that if they kidnap someone, they could get the money they needed. When they realized how bad the Red Chief acted, they needed him gone as soon as possible. When the dad wrote back, he said that they had to pay him two hundred and fifty dollars in cash and he will take the Red Chief off their hands. “You ain't going to let the chance go are you?” Bill asks Sam. They thought about it and decided to accept the
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