The Westing Game Movie Vs Book

“Object of the game:to win” (Raskin pg. 38). The Westing Game is about Sam Westings death. Mr. Westing wrote a will and also picked heirs to be in his game. Whoever wins gets a prize from him. To win you have to find all of the clues and put together to make a puzzle. The Westing Game book and movie contain many similarities and differences that are worth exploring.
“Ahhhhh!” Turtle screams while spotting Sam Westing’s pale dead body in the Westing Mansion. The Westing Game is a murder and mystery throughout the movie and book. The Westing Game was created by a lonely man that is on the verge of dieing and looking for a smart, intelligent heir. In the end a witty, young girl named Turtle Wexler won it all. The film version and novel have many similarities and differences that lead to the main idea.

The Westing Game has has a lot of similarities that have to do with the characters and events.

For example, Turtle kicks people when she is mad or frustrated, Doug likes to run. Chris is a nice kid that has muscle dysfunction. Denton Deere is still a plastic surgeon, also Mr. Hoo runs the chinese restaurant. Judge Ford is smart and is a judge, Barney Northrup has inside information on every family. Crow is really nice and is Sam Westing's ex-wife, also Sam Westing is an old man who's a millionaire that lives in the Westing Mansion. Some events were when Angela had her bridal party, the bomb went off in a present that she got. Also Barney Northrup was Sam Westings disguise and Sandy was too! Turtle kicked Barney Northrup but Sandy had a bruise on his shin. The film version and novel have many differences in the Westing

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The Westing Game has many individual differences. For example, Angela is engaged to E.D. Plum in the movie while in the book, she is engaged to Denton Deere. Grace was mean and controlling in the book, but in the movie she was nicer. Jake Wexler wasn't a bookie in the movie he was a gambler. Otis was the inventor and Sam stole his invention in the movie future. Also the setting was in the city and in the book it was on the Lake Michigan's shore. Sydelle wasn't the mistake also she didn't get married in the movie. Turtle was the burglar Madame Hoo wasn't even in the film version. The Westing game has many similarities and differences throughout the movie and book.
There are a lot of events, similarities and differences in the Westing Game book and movie. One similarity is Doug Hoo is trying to prove to his dad that he is a good runner. A difference is that Grace was super nice in the movie, and mean in the movie. One event that happened was when the bombs went off in Shin Hoo's restaurant and in the elevator. So read and watch the movie of The Westing Game!