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TheRansomofRedChiefByO.Henry

O.HenryO.Henry(Sep11,1862-Jun5,1910)wasaprolificAmericanshort-storywriter,amasterofsurpriseendings,whowroteaboutthelifeofordinarypeopleinNewYorkCity,Atwistofplot,whichturnsonanironicorcoincidentalcircumstance,istopicofO.Henry’sstories.O.HenryisthepenofWilliamSydneyPorter.

TheLifeofO.Henry1.Birthplace:Greensboro,NorthCalifornia2.FamilyBackground:hisfather,aphysician3.Education:didnotreceivemuchformalschooling4.WorkingExperiences:didavarietyofoddjobs

ChargedwithembezzlingfundsfromthebankinTexas.fledtoHondurasWhenhiswifewasdying,hereturnedtoTexasin1897;heturnedhimselftotheauthoritiesandservedthreeyearsinprison,hebegantowriteshortstoriesusethepseudonymO.Henry.Lastyearswereshadowedbyalcoholism,illhealth,andfinancialproblems.diedvirtuallypennilessonJun5,1910.inNewYork.In1919theO.HenryMemorialAwardsforthebestAmericanshortstoriespublishedeachyearwerefoundedbytheSocietyofArtsandScience.

BillandSamwantedtobuyapeiceoflandinWesternIllinois,buttheydidnthaveenoughmoneytocarryouttheplan,sothekidnappingideastruckedthem.TheydecidedtokidnaptheEbenezerDorset’ssonforransom,buttheydidn’tknowtheykidnappedalittleimp.SamandBill’snightmarewasbegan.Billwasgoingmadbecauseofthenaughtyboy,.Theydecidetosendhimaway,andinexchangeforransom,theywritedtoEbenezerDorset,anddemandfifteenhundreddollars.Themainstructure

ButSamandBillwaswrong.EbenezerDorsetwroteback:”iftheywanttosendResdChieftocomeback,theyshouldgivehim$250.”SamandBillveryangry,butintheend,itwasbecauseoftheycan’tbearthechildanymore,theysendhimback,andgivehisfather$250.

Afterreadingthisnovel,thefirstfeelingis,donotdobadthings.BillandSamaretwoexamples,theywanttomakemoneybykidnapping,buttheydidn’tsucceed,andl