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King’s Ransom by ED McBAIN It’s a crime&mystery story of kindness and greed. Abstract: Doug King, one of the stockholder of ‘’Granger shoes’’, tried to get even more voting stock from another man in Boston to become the president of the company. Hence, he assigned his assistant to fly to boston to make this deal so that he could have more money and power than ever before. However, JeffReynolds, the only son of King’s chauffer, was kidnapped when he was playing with Bobby, the son of King, outside the house of Mr. King. At the bignning, the two kidnappers misunderstood that the one who they had taken away is King’s son, Bobby, and asked King to pay the ransom to get his son back. Although they finally found that their son wasn’t kidnapped, it’s still a matter of a innocent boy’s life. Everyone, including Jeff’s dad, thought that Mr. King would pay the ransom no matter who the hostage is. However, King did’t care about Jeff at all, and if he pay the ransom, he won’t have the money to buy the voting stock, not mention to get the presidency of ‘’Grand shoes’’. Despite the fact that everyone despised his dicision, he’s impervious to the criticism. On the day the kidnappers asked Mr. King to pay the ransom, the police followed King’s car and finally caught the bastard Sy Barnard in the woods. Finally, Jeff is safe and free again. The most impressed:   I think that the person who I’m impressed with is King’s wife Diane. In the story, she insisted that her husband should pay the ransom to save Jeff, even though she know that her husband need the money to avoid being kicked out of the company. This kind of great kindness is really needed in today’s society because we people now put more emphasis on our own interest to survive the highly competitive surroundings. As far as I’m concerned ,only by helping each others ,can we enrich our lives. Reflections:   After reading this novel, I’am totally shocked by the character Doug King because I have the same personality as he did in the story.   When in high school, I was so narrow-minded and always reject others request for help especially for studies. I was pretty scared that if I assist them ,they would do better next time and surpass me in the ranking.   Although I am a now more open –minded person, there are still a lot for me to improve and become more mature as Daug King did at the end of the story. Statement: In my opinion, ’’King’s Ransom’’ isn’t only a reading book for teenagers but the reflections of life experience. Written in easy words, the story is still full of excitement to enjoy and principles to learn. No matter how old you are, the book is absolutely worth your reading in a tranquil afternoon.