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    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. The Westing Game starts out at a place called Sunset Towers‚ even though all of the windows are facing west. Many heirs of the great Sam Westing are called over to live there for many purposes‚ one being to play a game to find out who will

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    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. She has a sister named Angela Wexler who always makes Turtle annoyed because of how pretty she looks. Her mum is named Grace Wexler‚ she doesn’t really care about Turtle as much as she does with

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    I have recently read the book “The Westing Game” and watched the movie “Get a Clue‚” and I have found some similarities and differences. The movie was told in Turtle’s point of view‚ but the book was in a 3rd person point of view. There were characters in “The Westing Game” that were not in “Get a Clue.” The way the solution to The Westing Game was found in “The Westing Game” was different than in “Get a Clue.” “The Westing Game” is told in a 3rd person point of view‚ but “Get a Clue” is told in

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    The Westing Games In the book The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin‚ Sam Westing is murdered. Out of all the heirs Grace Wexler stands out. Grace is always where the bombs go off. Grace also loves money this gives her a motive to kill Sam Westing. This makes Grace the most likely suspect. Admittedly it might seem like Grace Wexler is sweet and carefree in life. However she once said to Angela that she would do anything for her with that she could possibly want to help her daughter with wealth

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    The Westing game: The author of this novel is Ellen Raskin. During her book there were major events that took place. Somewhere such as being forced to go somewhere‚ and finding out clues to the bombings that took place in the book. The book has one big setting that takes place in the Sunset towers where all the people live.The main events where very important because these were the very places the setting of the book took place. The things that took place in the book where pretty shocking. In the

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    Sales of video games have more than quadrupled from 1995-2008‚ while the arrest rate for juvenile murders fell 71.9% and the arrest rate for all juvenile violent crimes declined 49.3% in this same period. The 2008 study Grand Theft Childhood reported that 60% of middle school boys that played at least one Mature-rated game hit or beat up someone‚ compared to 39% of boys that did not play Mature-rated games. California passed a law in 2005 that would have required violent video games to include

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    Video Games Video games originated as a new form of relaxation back about 30 years ago‚ with the first ones being just basic ideas and basic goals. But as time has gone on they have grown into a far greater thing spanning to all walks of like. There are hundreds of ways to help alleviate the stress you experience every day‚ so I’m going to focus on one that many of you may not have considered before: video games. If you’re in a stressful situation that you can’t avoid‚ it’s important to take

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    the researchers do this game to practice the brain of the student‚ to refresh their minds and at the same time they are enjoying it because they play and learn at the same time. INTRODUCTION Games have always been a means to leisurely spend one time. They provide fun and enjoyment to every player who play the game and to the people who are watching and know how to play the game. Although some of the game are done for the sake of enjoyment and fun‚ but there are some games that requires more physical

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    Game From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For other uses‚ see Game (disambiguation). Tug of war is an easily organized‚ impromptu game that requires little equipment. The Card Players‚ a 1895 painting by Paul Cézanne depicting a game of cards. A game is structured playing‚ usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work‚ which is usually carried out for remuneration‚ and from art‚ which is more often an expression of aesthetic

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