"The Westing Game" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 1 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Good Essays

    Summary: The Westing Game

    • 828 Words
    • 4 Pages

    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. Others might believe that Sydelle Pulaski is the murderer

    Premium The Westing Game Ellen Raskin Newbery Medal

    • 828 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Westing Game Analysis

    • 868 Words
    • 4 Pages

    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

    Premium The Westing Game Ellen Raskin Newbery Medal

    • 868 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Westing Game Irp

    • 591 Words
    • 3 Pages

    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. The Westing Game is a fictional story depicting the solving of a mystery set up for 16 heirs as they compete to inherit the wealth of an affluent businessman whom they all

    Premium The Westing Game Ellen Raskin Newbery Medal

    • 591 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    million? Over the course of two months GLMS 6th graders read the book The Westing Game. GLMS tried to find the murderer of Sam Westing. The Westing Game‚By Ellen Raskin‚ has many similarities and differences worth examining. 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

    Premium The Westing Game Hunting The Most Dangerous Game

    • 382 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Personal Response: I read the book‚ The Westing Game‚ by Ellen Raskin. It was a very interesting book and I enjoyed reading it. The book was a mystery and I do not usually read those types of books. It was cool to always be thinking about who the killer could be. Plot: The book‚ The Westing Game‚ is about a game to figure out who murdered Mr. Westing. He was the owner of Westing Paper Products. When he died‚ he left clues to this game and whoever figures out the murderer gets Mr. Westing’s $220

    Premium The Westing Game Ellen Raskin Newbery Medal

    • 701 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    After reading The Westing Game I decided it would make for a very intriguing book trailer because it is a mystery. Most people can get easily caught up in the drama of a mystery because by nature people are normally very curious. I knew that by making a book trailer I could give the viewer some key details‚ then leave them with questions in order to get them more interested in reading the book. The point of making a trailer for anything is to persuade the viewer to either watch a certain movie or

    Premium The Westing Game

    • 1033 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    I‚ Angela‚ aka the perfect beauty. I don’t get how so many people have so many flaws. I could name tons for everyone. And you know what‚ I just might do that. In partners for The Westing Game. Let’s start off with my faker partner‚ Sydelle Pulaski. She literally faked a broken ankle for attention. I mean‚ oh my. Cause when that 2nd bomb went off the doctor said ¨It’s a simple fracture¨ And if it was already broke it wouldn’t be a ¨simple¨ fracture. You know what I mean? Also how about my mom

    Premium The Westing Game Ellen Raskin Newbery Medal

    • 727 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Everyone’s a suspect! Someone must have murdered Sam Westing or else he wouldn’t be dead? In THE WESTING GAME book and movie there’s a mystery that sixteen heir has to solve to find the murderer of Sam Westing. The Westing game book and movie contains many differences and similarities that are worth finding out. The Westing game has many differences and similarities that are worth knowing. The Westing game is a mystery that Sam Westings heirs has to find. They might seem different but they have similar

    Premium Fiction The Westing Game English-language films

    • 374 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Both The Westing Game book and movie are full of mysteries. Here at G.L.M.S 6th grade students are trying to solve the mystery. Whoever figures out the mystery gets a pile of money to spend at their will. The Westing Game is centered around a 13 year old girl name Turtle Wexler [T.R Wexler]. Turtle makes a bet with Doug and Otis and turles finds Sam Westing dead. This leads to the start of The Westing Game . The Westing Game takes of to figure out the “Murderer”. Turtle uses the

    Premium English-language films The Westing Game The Most Dangerous Game

    • 404 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Westing Game

    • 1322 Words
    • 6 Pages

    The title of my book is The Westing Game. The author of my book is Ellen Raskin. The main characters in the book are Sam Westing‚ Madame Sun Lin Hoo‚ Jake Wexler‚ Turtle Wexler‚ Flora Baumbauch‚ Chris Theodorakis‚ D. Denton Deere‚ Alexander McSouthers‚ J.J. Ford‚ Grace Wexler‚ James Shin Hoo‚ Berthe Erica Crow‚ Julian R. Eastman‚ Amber Otis‚ Theo Theodorakis‚ Doug Hoo‚ Sydelle Pulaski‚ Barney Northrup‚ and Angela Wexler. My favorite character is Angela because she is really pretty and is a great

    Premium Fiction Short story Jesus

    • 1322 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
Previous
Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 50