O. Henry uses comic language and irony for humor. He made the child look like a quirky child. And how the way he talked. He made the kidnappers a victim. The kid did not want to go home. He had an annoying personality and that drove the kidnappers crazy. They wanted to get rid of him.
I liked both of the stories that I read. But the one I liked most was the “Random of the Red Chief “. I liked the part when