KEY- Ransom of Red Chief Plot Diagram

Exposition

Rising Action

Falling Action

Climax

Resolution

• Setting:Alabama, 1910, the town of Summit
• Characters:Red Chief, Bill, Sam, Ebenezer Dorset

• Bill and Sam need $2,000 for a scheme. They decided to kidnap a child in Alabama

Inciting Event

• Bill and Sam decide to kidnap Dorset’s son

• They pick the kid up in their buggy and carry him to the cave.

• Red Chief says he doesn’t want to leave and tortures Bill.

• Sam sends the ransom letter to Red Chief’s father.

• Bill makes Red Chief go home, but he follows him.

• Red Chief’s father sends an answer saying that he will take his son back if the kidnappers pay him $250.

• Bill and Sam return Red Chief to his father and pay Mr. Dorset $250.

• Bill and Sam set out for the Canadian border.

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Ransom of Red Chief Plot Diagram