The Westing Game: Turtle's Point Of View

The Westing Game Essay

My class and I finished reading The Westing Game. It was a great book, and everyone loved it. We also watched the movie, and it was very different from the book. My classmates all agreed that the book was much better. Three reasons why the book and the movie are different is the point of view, the characters, and lastly, the small details.
My first reason why the movie and the book are different, is the point of view. The book is written in 3rd person, and the movie is told by Turtle’s point of view. I found Turtle’s point of view more enjoyable than 3rd person, even though I liked the book more than the movie.
Next, the characters were very different. In the movie, there was 10 heirs, and in the book, there was 16.

One reason why I didn’t like the movie was because some of my favorite characters weren’t in it. The characters’ personalities were different, too. For example, Grace was was nice to Turtle in the movie, but in the book, she was mean to Turtle.
For my last reason, I will compare and contrast the the small details in the movie and the book. First, there was no smoke coming from the chimney of the Westing Mansion. Another detail was that there was no Purple Waves story being told, which kind of a big part in the book. Also, in the book, Angela was engaged to to Denton Deere, but in the movie, she was engaged to Ed Plum. I thought that was pretty weird. My final detail is that Violet jumped off a building and died in the in the movie, and in the book, she drowned herself.
In conclusion, the movie and the book were very different from each other. Some parts in the book were better than other parts in the movie, and some parts in the movie were better than other parts in the book. But after reading and watching the book and the movie, I would say that the book was more enjoyable than the movie.