Ransom of Red Chief Quote Analysis

Author's Note: I wrote this to analyse the importance of the quote in the short story, "The Ransom of Red Chief." 

The quote, “You bring Johnny home and pay me two hundred and fifty dollars in cash, and I agree to take him off your hands,” is important because it shows the irony in the story. It shows the irony, because the whole point of the kidnapping is to get money from the dad, assuming he would want his son back. The irony of the plan is that in the end, they end up having to pay money for the father to take his son back, because the boy is absolutely obnoxious and a pain in the butt. That’s why the quote is so important to the story.