THE RANSOM OF THE RED CHIEF

SUMMARY
The setting takes place in Alabama on a flat town. There were two men named Bill Driscoll, and Sam. They decided that to earn two thousand dollars for a fraudulent real estate plan, they would do a kidnapping. The child that they selected was a freckle-faced boy of 10. He was an only child of a respectable, prominent citizen named Ebenezer Dorset. They took the child up to a cave, about two miles from Summit, in a mountain. The child was very energetic, and rambled on about many things; he had many questions. He ends up being called Red Chief, because he loved to play Black Scout; he wanted to stay in the mountain because he doesn't like it at home. Sam was called Snake Eye and Bill was called Old Hank.

EXPOSITION

RISING ACTION

TURNING POINT

FALLING ACTION

RESOLUTION

MOOD

• One event of mood is when Red Chief is trying to scalp Bill
• A second event of mood is when Bill thinks he has gotten rid of Red Chief, but find out that he had followed him back
• A third event of mood is when Bill begs Sam not to leave him alone with Red Chief
• Another evemt of mood is when Bill wants to pay $250 to grt rid of the child
• Also, when Bill is playing Black Scout with Red Chief, and Red Chief tells him to get down on his hands and knees

PROTAGONIST/ ANTAGONIST

• Protagonist(s): Bill and Sam.
• They were main characters in the story and impacted it when they kidnapped Red Chief, i.e., creating the story
• Antagonist: Red Chief
• He created all of the conflicts in the story, which makes him the antagonist

THEME

• We believe that the theme of the story is your plans might not always go as you want them to
• One example of this is when they kidnap the boy, they do not realize how much of a hassle he is
• A second example is when Bill and Sam end up paying to give back the boy