It is common knowledge that a book is always better than its movie version. This is especially true with the short story, “The Ransom of Red Chief” by O. Henry. He writes this story in an enjoyable way, with realistic events, an understandable plot and, overall it is more organized compared to its movie version. O. Henry’s story involves a young boy who gets kidnapped in Summit, Alabama by two con men, who are looking for some cash. The two con men, knowing that this boy is the son of a wealthy man, decide to kidnap and hold him for two thousand dollars ransom, but after spending a few days with the boy, they come to regret their decision, because the boy is annoying, impudent and violent, and they lower the ransom to fifteen hundred dollars,
