Character Sketch!!!! Turtle Wexler is a three-teen year old girl who lives in Sunset Tower in her closet. Turtle is a character in the “Westing Game” by Ellen Raskin. She loves to wear her hair in beautiful long braids which makes her look older than she originally is, and she usually wears a uniform.…
The Westing Game, a book and movie of the mystery genre, is an exciting book by Ellen Raskin. The Westing Game book and movie contain many similarities and differences that are worth watching or reading. The book and movie are different and alike in many ways.…
In the book and the movie Ender’s Game there are lots of similarities but more differences. The story is about how Ender goes to battle school and fights buggers.…
Most murderers know their victim. In the book, The Westing Game, Mr. Sam Westing gets murdered. People should care about murder because it is an important thing that happens every single day in our lives. The bomb in Mr. Hoo’s restaurant could have been set off by him. Also, Mr.Hoo is always pointing fingers at other people. Finally, Mr. Hoo wanted to destroy the coffee shop. Mr.Hoo is the murderer in the book, The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin.…
The movie and the novel have many similarities. For instance, both feature greasers and socs as rivals. Both sides fought one another in the rumble. Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally proceed to the Nightly Double. There Ponyboy encountered Cherry. Though a lot of it is similar there are a few differences.…
The Westing Game is about a young girl named Turtle. In The Westing Game There are heirs for an answer to Sam Westings puzzle/game. Sam Westing is a rich man who made a corporation called WPP or Westing Paper Products. .Sam was murdered and the heirs are also looking for the murderer. “It's not what you have, it's what you don't have that counts” is a key factor to find the answer in the game.The book and movie have a lot of differences but some similarities too.…
Another reason the book was superior to the movie was the difference in Angus’ friendships. In the book,…
These are just a few example differences and similarities. There are many more, like any other book and movie. Read this book than see the movie to find out just how many more.…
What makes a good mystery? A good example of a mystery would be The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. Over the past two months, GLMS 6th grade students have watched and read The Westing Game. At some points in the movie, the class wondered why so many good parts of the book were missing from the movie? The Westing Game book contains book contains many similarities and differences that are worth explaining.…
In the movie, some of the characters differentiate from the book. For example, in the movie Daisy admits her love for…
Murder, crime, suspense, secrets; what else can you ask for in a mystery novel? The Westing Game by Milwaukee native Ellen Raskin is a great read due to its constant mysteries, incorporation of thematic subjects, and attention to detail. It is hard to understand however, so a computer may be needed to keep from getting lost.…
Both the book and the movie are very different, they have lots of similarities and differences. The Setting, Plot and Characterisation are three parts that the book and movie can be compared.…
I believe that the book and the movie version of Our America have more differences than similarities because there were a lot of things that were different. For example, in the book the story of how 5 year old Eric Morse got dropped out of the 14th floor window was different from the story in the movie. In the movie it…
The Westing game starts out when Barney Northrup the realtor, is renting an apartment named Sunset Towers to six different families. The Wexlers, the Hoos, the Theodorakises, J.J. Ford, Sydelle Pulaski, and Flora Baumbach. One of these was a bomber, a bookie, a burglar, and a mistake. Also in Sunset towers there is a Doorman who is Sandy McSouthers, a Delivery boy who is Otis Amber, a cleaning lady Berthe Erica Crow, and a coroner Dr. Sidney Sikes. When Sam Westing the founder of Westingtown is found dead by Turtle Wexler in his residence, a big mystery starts. Sam Westing has invited all of the families to his will reading. When all of them are in the Westing house he had created game for them to play and they all had to play. The object of the game was to found who had murdered him, and it was one of them.…
There are many ways in which both the novel and film can relate to one another but then have its own unique differences…