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The Ransom of Red Chief
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O. Henry
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Summary
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Themes: All Themes
Themes: Plans Gone Wrong
Themes: Nature versus Nurture
Themes: Poetic Justice
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Characters
Bill
Sam
Red Chief
Johnny Dorset
Ebenezer Dorset
Plot
Chapter 1
Character Development
Johnny Frightens Bill
Kidnapping Plan
Ransom Plan
Resolution
Literary Devices
Irony
Allusion
Foreshadowing
Exaggeration
Direct Characterization
Suspense
Themes
Irony
Crime Does Not Pay
Setting
Summit
Authorship
O. Henry
Genre
Comedy
Narrative Perspective
First Person
