In the story, “Ransom of the Red Chief”, by O. Henry. Two men Bill Driscoll and Sam are two criminals looking to get easy cash, so they plan on stealing red chief’s son and hold him for ransom. But the Johny Dorset loves it with Sam and Bill even know he is up for ransom. The kid is a wild fierce kid he beats Bill up badly but still wants to stay. So the red chief says I am not paying the ransom for you but you should pay me to take back the kid. Bill and Sam have had enough of this kid and pays the chief and run away as fast as they can to get away from the kid. The short story expresses irony and hyperbole to create humor in the story. Irony is used to create humor in the story. Irony is seen when the son of red chief does not want
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Bill goes crazy. Sam goes and beats the child reinstating, “I went out and caught that boy and shook him until his freckles rattled” (Henry 75). Freckles cannot be rattled that is why it is hyperbole. This causes the story to have humor because it causes imagery and you can imagine that Sam is just shaking the kid so much trying to inflict pain on him. Bill also looks like a fool because he got beat up by a little kid. Then Bill said he cannot handle this anymore saying, “I’ve stood by you without batting an eye in earthquakes, fire, flood, - poker games”, (Henry 75). Bill is used hyperbole to say he cannot handle this anymore which causes humor because he cannot handle a little kid for a week. Another hyperbole is that Bill was out of sight when they realized the kid was back with his father. Bill did not want to see the kid ever again. Sam saying “As fat as Bill…he was a good mile and a half”, (Henry 79). This is a hyperbole because Bill was gone out of sight. This causes humor because Bill ran for his life wanting no part of the kid. Humor is presented in the story by humor and hyperbole. Irony is used a lot during this story by Bill and Sam both look like fools because they cannot handle red chief’s son. Son of red chief wants to stay with Bill and Sam even though he is a hostage which also causes humor. Bill and Sam use hyperbole to create humor. The story
Bill goes crazy. Sam goes and beats the child reinstating, “I went out and caught that boy and shook him until his freckles rattled” (Henry 75). Freckles cannot be rattled that is why it is hyperbole. This causes the story to have humor because it causes imagery and you can imagine that Sam is just shaking the kid so much trying to inflict pain on him. Bill also looks like a fool because he got beat up by a little kid. Then Bill said he cannot handle this anymore saying, “I’ve stood by you without batting an eye in earthquakes, fire, flood, - poker games”, (Henry 75). Bill is used hyperbole to say he cannot handle this anymore which causes humor because he cannot handle a little kid for a week. Another hyperbole is that Bill was out of sight when they realized the kid was back with his father. Bill did not want to see the kid ever again. Sam saying “As fat as Bill…he was a good mile and a half”, (Henry 79). This is a hyperbole because Bill was gone out of sight. This causes humor because Bill ran for his life wanting no part of the kid. Humor is presented in the story by humor and hyperbole. Irony is used a lot during this story by Bill and Sam both look like fools because they cannot handle red chief’s son. Son of red chief wants to stay with Bill and Sam even though he is a hostage which also causes humor. Bill and Sam use hyperbole to create humor. The story