Crime Doesn T Pay In The Ransom Of Red Chief

“The Ransom of Red Chief” has a theme that is crime doesn't pay. He shows this through the actions and dialogue of Sam and Bill throughout the text. The whole story is about how Sam and Bill kidnap Johnny. But in the beginning of the story Sam drops a big hint of what is going to happen later on in the story. On page 11 paragraph 1“It looked like a good thing: but wait till I tell you.”Right away they tell you that all isn't as good as it seems.So somethings gonnna happen to the criminals all to show you that cime doesn’t pay. Now let's take the the saying crime doesn’t pay literally. If we take it literally then we think of crime literally not paying any money. Now in the story the kidnappers Bill and Sam are kidnapping johnny so that they can get some money for his ransom. On page 11 paragraph 3 it says “...we needed just two thousand dollars more…” They want money which is their pay. Then what actually happens is that they lose money.”Bill was counting out two hundred and fifty dollars into Dorset’s hand.” This ironic situation literally shows you that crime doesn't pay. …show more content…
In the text on page 15 paragraph 1 it says” He kept us awake for three hours…Red Chief was sitting on Bill’s chest, with one hand twined in Bill’s hair. In the other he had the sharp case-knife...the boy threatening to smash him with a rock half as big as a cocoanut...A rock the size of an egg had caught Bill behind the ear…”. All of these things all just for two thousand dollars.Then in the end they lose two hundred and fifty dollars. This shows you that sometimes crime just isn't worth it. This is all ties up to show you that crime doesn't