Kidnapping Red Chief: A Comparison Of Book And Movie

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In the movie Bill and Sam kidnapped Red chief. They also kidnapped him in the book. But in the book it says Bill and Sam offered Red Chief candy. But in the movie they just grabbed him and out him in a trunk and threw him in the buggy. Also in the book it says that Bill and Sam where hiding in a cave but in the movie they just laid by a stream. Last but not least Bill and Sam asked for $1,500 in the story but in the movie they asked for $2,000. But in the story and in the movie Bill and Sam completed their objective of kidnapping Red Chief. Also in the both book and movie the victim “Jonny Dorset” calls himself Red Chief. Last but not least in both movie and book Ebenezer Dorset makes Sam and Bill pay him to give Jonny back.

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