where people go for money and free food. The Westing Game by Ellen Raski is a story of a mysterious man (Sam Westing) who is murdered and leaves a fortune to one of twelve heirs. They have 10,000 dollars to find out who killed Sam and the desire for the money. They all were put into groups of two and were given clues to find his murder. The whole concept of money blinds the heirs from what is actually happening in the real world. In the Westing Game, Ellen Raski uses money to act as a power to
strange game for 16 players. Mr. Westing tried to put everyone into his trick. Mr. Westing, the guy who has millions of dollar but no one can share with him. His building-sunset tower has been rent for 16 people, which are a family, a doctor, a judge, a secretary, and a thief. One day, they found the dead body of Mr. Westing in his old house. Westing’s legacy said he would give two million dollar to the person who found the murder. He said he was murder by one of his inheritor. A suspenseful game began
The Westing Game starts out with the delivery of six letters signed by Barney Northrup, to six different households on the Fourth of July. The letters offer a once in a lifetime chance to rent an apartment at the new and luxurious Sunset Towers, located on the shores of Lake Michigan. However, in the movie, Sunset Towers was located in the city. In the book, Sunset Towers was built mostly of glass and stood five stories high. Noticed in both the book and movie, Sunset Towers oddly faces east
at least in The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. The sixth grade students at GLMS have recently read the novel, and watched the movie The Westing Game. This is a novel and movie that has it all, mystery, murder, suicide, bombs, thievery, and yet a $200 million prize. The Westing Game novel and movie contains many similarities and differences that are worth your time. The Westing Game has lots of mystery, red herring, and of course victory and loss. Using chess Sam W. Westing was able to fool all
The Westing Game Essay Sixteen heirs. A suspenseful game. Sam Westing. This book has got all if it. Samuel Westing was found dead in his house across the street from the sunset towers. His will was read to sixteen people of which were all apart of his will, and of which were to participate in a game called The Westing Game. In the novel The Westing Game written Ellen Raskin, the mystery elements that were used were: main conflict, setting, characterization, and the author’s techniques of giving
The term change means to become different. People change throughout their life based on their personal actions, decisions, and experiences. This applies to characters in books as well. In the novel The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin, Angela Wexler, Grace Wexler, and Sydelle Pulaski are shown to have changed greatly. Angela Wexler changed greatly from being a cautious people-pleaser to an independent, intelligent woman. For example, “‘Dad said he could manage if that’s what I really wanted, but my mother
But first, these 16 characters have to figure out who killed Sam Westing, who left a will for $200 million. In The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin, these 16 heirs get to live together in an apartment, and, along with many interesting instances, try to figure out who killed Westing. In any story, the characters and setting intertwine to make an enjoyable story. The main character, Turtle, plays an important part in The Westing Game. Turtle, age 13, is very bright and is good at stock market. She is
The Westing Game is a novel about sixteen heirs of Sam Westing battling to solve his murder mystery game by determining his killer. The novel is puzzling and has many twists and surprises. In the novel The Westing Game, the characters Sydelle Pulaski, Grace Wexler, and Turtle wexler are all defined by specific traits. One of the characters I chose is Sydelle Pulaski. She is fifty years old, secretary to president of Shultz Sausages, has no family relations to any of the other heirs, and she lives
came a billow of smoke, making the whole town of Westingtown have an eerie feeling. Sixteen people, all heirs of the deceased Samuel Westing, are chosen to play in the game of chance and choice. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin is an eye catching mystery novel that will create suspense, causing you to have a guessing game on who committed the murder of Sam Westing. The conflict, setting, and characters are all main parts of what make this story what it is. Also the technique of how this story was
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin For mystery novels in particular, the settings are often very important in creating the mood of the story. Describe the setting of this book in detail: paint a picture with words. How did the setting contribute to the mysterious atmosphere of the book? Sunset Towers is an apartment building in which particular people were chosen to live in…even before they decided to buy it. Sunset Towers’s apartments seem to be affordable and made just for the buyer. Although the
There was a game. The Westing Game. To find an heir. To win it all. Sixteen players. Eight teams. One winner. Who became the heir of Sam Westing. Sam Westing died, or supposedly did, and his sixteen heirs were trying to figure out who killed him, or if he was killed at all, which we found out, later in the novel was true. All of the teams had different clues, and they tried to figure out what those clues meant. In the mystery novel, The Westing Game, written by Ellen Raskin, the elements that were
from The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. If the reader of The Westing Game chooses to watch the movie as well, they will notice major differences throughout the movie including the characters, plot, and setting. However, in all it’s many differences, similarities are found. When 216 pages of a great mystery novel are transferred to a movie some things are bound to be left out however this movie at times can feel completely different than the book in some important aspects. The Westing Game book and
The movie is different from the original book. Have you ever felt that a movie based on a book you loved didn't quite turn out to be the same? Turning a book into a movie can change a lot of things about the story. The Westing Game was made into a movie, but the movie is different from the book in many ways. Most of the big details are left out in the book. Some of the changes are characters missing, characters changing, and changes in events. There were some characters from the book that didn't
of the text is “The Numbers Game”. The story is about a prophecy describing the death of an evil sorcerer by an heir to the kingdom of Khandar. As the sorcerer lay defeated by an heir, a separate candidate heir steps in to claim the sorcerer as his own, and then several more candidate heirs do the same. During their bickering over who gets to kill the sorcerer, the sorcerer sneaks away. 2. What is the author’s view? How do I know? Based on the title “The Numbers Game” the author’s point of view
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin is a thrilling and mysterious novel that could be tuned into a great movie; that is if the director bothers to read the book first! The Westing Game book have many details, some very important, that were left out in The Westing Game movie. Recently, the 6th grade students at Gull Lake Middle School read and watched The Westing Game, and were underwhelmed when many details were left out of the movie. The Westing Game book and novel have many similarities and differences
front of the class. At that age I was more interested in video games and playing outside with friend than I was with reading. However, my view of books changed one day when our teacher brought in a book to share with all of us. It was a book titled The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. My teacher informed us that it's mystery novel, and that our goal was to figure out who the killer. Many of the students including myself saw this as a game and immediately caught our attention. We only had the one copy