O henry the ransom red chief5/18/2023 ![]() ![]() The humor is Southwestern style, with some of the violence of that frontier humor immortalized by Mark Twain. It is not read or heard widely after one leaves high school, which is a shame because it is such a magical story about expectations being crushed by realities, and the turn of events which O’Henry was so masterful at achieving, as in The Gift of the Magi, too, the other best known O’Henry story that Simply has also recorded. ![]() Young people can relate to 10 year old Red Chief, his father who makes the kidnappers pay him back in order to take Red Chief off their hands plus come in darkness so others don’t jail them, and all the antics and excitement of it all. ![]() The Ransom of Red Chief may be the most widely read story in grammar, middle, and high school. ![]()
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