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    Ellen. The Westing Game. New York: Scholastic‚ 2002‚ 216. Setting: Sunset Towers‚ Westing house‚ Lake Michigan‚ Wisconsin Characters: (List 5‚ and label the protagonist and antagonist. Use 2 adjectives to describe each character.) 1. Sam Westing: weird‚ secrety 2. Flora Miller Baumbach: unhappy‚ quiet 3. George Theodorakis: creative‚ rich 4. Catherine Theodorakis: cool‚ nice 5. Sydelle Pulaski: deceitful‚ pretty Theme: Talk about a game is called Westing game‚ than some people

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    In the book The Westing Game‚ there are 16 unlikely people who meet up for a reading of Sam Westing’s will. They have to try and find out who killed Samuel W. Westing or even figure out who Sam Westing is. They each get $10‚000 to start of with and a clue as well. An example of a clkjue is: Sea Mountain Am O. There might be hidden names in the clue‚ or there might be places where Sam Westing could be. In the apartment complex they live in‚ Sunset Towers‚ is right across the way of Sam Westing’s house…

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    Mysteries are a genre many people enjoy. The Westing Game is a well-written mystery novel and movie many people of all ages would enjoy. GLMS sixth grade students read the novel and then watched the movie. The Westing Game book and movie contains many similarities and differences that are worth explaining. The Westing Game is about a young girl (Turtle Wexler) and heirs trying to find who killed Uncle Sam (Sam Westing). In the novel and movie Turtle‚ the main character‚ wins and who finds

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    After watching the movie‚ Get a Clue‚ and reading the book‚ The Westing Game‚ I noticed many significant differences and similarities. These can change how you watch the movie or read the book. The differences that stood out to me the most were that the movie is told in Turtle’s point of view‚ there are less characters in the movie‚ and the characters’ personalities were different. The story can be changed by all of these‚ and these are the reasons why. The first difference I will talk about is

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    that counts.” (Raskin p.43) Mysteries go out to find a way to trick the reader. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin‚ is a story of all sorts of Mysteries. For two months students have tried to figure out who the murderer is. Students watched the movie version. While there are differences there are similarities to. The Westing Game is full of new existing things. The movie is based on a girl named

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    murder mystery commences. In book named The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. The students are confused from all the redheirings to the killer of Sam Westing. The Westing Game books and movies contain many similarities and differences that are worth listening to. The main storyline of the westing game is for all the heirs to work together. In the book all the heirs come together with their clues into one sheet of paper and let turtle win the game. In the movie turtle and chris have to work

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    Character Analysis Reading the book The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin‚ I developed a liking to a certain character. That character is Turtle Wexler or also known as Tabitha-Ruth Wexler. She changes who she is throughout the story and this is what she’s all about. When you first start reading The Westing Game Turtle is a brat. She is kicking people in the shins‚ which are messing with her or pulling her braid. The only person that Turtle didn’t kick is Sandy McSouthers. She was always arguing with

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    mysteries? Well‚ after reading “The Westing Game” by Ellen Raskin and watching the movie I realized that they had many things that are both the same a and different. It is about an intense game for 200 Million dollars all played by reading a will. When analyzing the book and the movie there were several similarities. One thing that was similar was the characters. Otis and Crow both worked at a soup kitchen as they did in the book. Another similarity was how “The Westing Game” was played. One of the big

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    counts”(Raskin pg 43). The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin is a big game with 16 heirs wanting to win‚ for the 200 million dollars. But all sets of clues are different‚ and there can only be one winner. To find out about this fascinating story‚ continue reading. The Westing Game book and movie contain many similarities and differences that are definitely worth exploring. The Westing Game novel and movie are mainly centered around heirs trying to solve the murder of Sam Westing. The novel is about 16 heirs

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    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. The Westing Game was created by a dying Sam Westing who was looking for someone smart enough to run his business

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