The Ransom of Red Chief Characters

The NarratorSam is a two bit con-man. His vision of a hard day's work involves short changing shop keepers and stealing apples out of little old lady's grocery bags. If he lived in the 21st century...

Sam's Co-ConspiratorBill is, to put it nicely, a doormat. He's eager to help, happy to do as he's told and he trusts Sam to do what's best for the plan, Bill has stood by Sam's side through "earthq...

There's no denying that Johnny is a holy terror. When we first meet him, "the kid was in the street, throwing rocks at a kitten on the opposite fence" (7), and things only get worse from there. He...

Old Dorset is Johnny's father, and a prominent rich man in the town of Summit. We aren't given much information about him, though Sam does describe him as:Respectable and tight, a mortgage fancier...