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    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…

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    Kidnapping is simple; pick a target, abduct them, threatened their family for ransom, and then trade the target for the ransom. However, kidnapping the wrong person can be a big mistake. In the short story, “The Ransom of Red Chief”, by O. Henry, Sam and Bill, two small time criminals, kidnap a ten-year-old named Johnny Dorset. They intend to ransom him off, but Sam and Bill are unaware of the ten-year-old’s rowdy behavior. Johnny’s tortuous games compel Sam and Bill to create a plan to return…

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    Payton just got done playing a soccer game on a nice day. After the game she stayed back to practice a little more. When she was done practicing alone she started walking home because she did not live far. As she started to walk home, she stopped to tie her shoe. She was about to take out her phone to call her mom when she heard someone yelling for help, but Payton did not know it was a trap. She walked over to see who it was, but out of nowhere a guy came up behind her and put his hand over her…

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    According, to Jiang, in recent years, there were reports of committing crimes, including murder, robbery, and stealing money to pay for bride price. Jiang stated, that these kinds of incidents often appear in news media. There was a case of robbing and kidnapping to pay a bride price. In January 2011, a young man in Hengshui Hebei province, robbed a young university student couples on their way to a bank. The robber didn’t get much money from the students, the robber only got six to seven Yuan…

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    as many stranger abductions as there used to be. In fact stranger abductions make up less than one percent of child abductions today. It is estimated that soon there will be one hundred or less a year (Robinson 2016). Still, even though these kidnappings are less common, most parents and everyone worry about these more. This might be because when children are kidnapped by a family member they’re rarely harmed. They’re also normally found soon after being reported missing. Even though most…

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    They leave to the downtown area of the city where they find a hot club named The Hive. Once they are in the club something is slipped into Amelia’s drink and when she and Emmett are separated she is taken away. From the club. Aunt is behind the kidnapping and a note is left at the hotel door claiming she went back home and never wants to speak to Emmett again. Chapter Eight: Lost in a City of Silence Amelia is left in the middle of nowhere. This is the flash forward part I will be describing in…

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    Here in Raleigh, North Carolina, you don't hear that much about kidnapping cases. I, Rosaleen Sanders, was the victim of one of those cases. On October 28th, 1979, when I was 14 years old, I was kidnapped by my mother's boyfriend, Oliver Montgomery. When I was six years old, my father died. He was my everything. When I was little, I remembered him taking me to my favorite spot in the woods: a tree house. My dad and I made it when I was a little girl; it has had a special place in my heart ever…

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    I (Maincharacter) start to feel filthy, i haven 't showered in days and my hair is scratchy. I smell horrible. I walk up to the kidnappers. "Is there any place I could take a shower?" I ask without sounding polite. "Not unless you wanna take a swim." He says as he starts laughing. The rest of them join in. I walk away as I flip them the bird. the younger male kidnapper walks up to me once we 're out of everyone 's sight. He tells me where the shower is. So I guess thoughs jackasses really do…

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    As crime rates continue to grow, there is one crime many parents fear. Their child being kidnapped and never found. Kidnaped is someone taking you away by force. The chances of you being kidnapped is higher in a populated urban area than in a countryside. For example, in today’s culture, movies and television series displays many kidnaping. The most famous kidnaping movie is titled “Taken”. In Taken, the daughter of Bryan Mills was abducted from a hotel in later found in London. Bryan Mills had…

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    Johnny puts the boiled potato down Bills back and mashes it with his foot, Bill proceeds to “boxed[box] his ears.” Of course, it was Johnny who provoked the consequence, however, he would not even have been in the vicinity if not for the two men kidnapping him in their greed. In addition to that incident, there are multiple other consequences that befell Johnny as a result of Sam and Bill’s greed. Such an incident happened after Johnny plugged Bill in the head with the stone from his sling.…

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