The Westing Game By Ellen Raskin

“The Most Dangerous Game,” written by Richard Connell in 1924, was made into a movie in 1932. While transitioning the story to a movie, changes were made to the plot. The three changes from the short story to the film version of “The Most Dangerous Game” include the setup, the characters, and the game. These changes were made to make it possible to be filmed and to amuse the audiences.

The book The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin, tells about a mystery about Sam Westing and how he faked his death. It shows that things aren't always what appears they are. Sam Westing went missing years ago and wasn’t found until one Halloween night, when turtle was dared to go into the Westing house. When she does, she finds a dead body lying

The Westing Game is a book written by Ellen Raskin. In this book there are 16 heirs, and one has 4 identities, and one is a mistake. They play the game to win millions of dollars from a rich man, Sam Westing. The heirs live in Sunset Towers, and they may not be who they say they are. This book is a mystery and we as readers find out information that some of the heirs don’t know. The clues lead to the answer which is who killed Sam Westing. Since there is a movie and a book version of the story, there are both similarities and differences.

Deborah Gray White’s book, Ar’n’t I a Woman? Female Slaves in the Plantation South, emphasizes the importance of the need for writing about the history of slave women. White lists many examples of theories of slavery that do not include women specifically or generalizes both genders. Due to the lack of source material on slave women in particular, historians “do black women a disservice when we rob them of a history that placed them at the side of their men in their race’s struggle for freedom” (White, 22). To right this mistake, White uses slave narrative, memoirs written after the civil war, the Works Projects Administration’s interviews with female ex-slaves, and historical/anthropological research to depict the social history of slave women in the antebellum South (White 24). The purpose of White’s book is to solely “enrich our knowledge of antebellum black culture and to serve as a chapter in the yet unwritten history of the American black woman” (White, 25).

In the beginning of The Westing Game story, Turtle Wexler goes into the Westing house and discovers the corpse of Sam Westing. Turtle is an aggressive and curious girl in both the book and the movie. She works very well with others which is probably why she won the game. One other character who many people will find interesting is Angela Wexler. Angela is Turtle’s sister and the daughter of Grace and Jake Wexler. She is very smart and is going to school

My overall position is that Mr. Hoo murdered Mr. sam Westing. Mr. hoo hated Mr. Westing for stealing his idea for the invention of the disposable diaper. On page 53 of the Westing Game, Mr. Hoo says,” That Cheating money-bag got what he deserved.” And therefore my reasoning for why this is relevant is , Mr.Hoo is jealous of Me. Sam Westing because he used the disposable diaper idea to produce millions of dollars. Mr.Hoo was especially mad at this because after stealing his idea, furthermore, Mr.Westing was living the good life, But Mr. Hoo was still living the inconvenient way. And with this idea, he could have been living normally. My second claim is that Mr.Hoo is a mean person. On page 83 Mr.Hoo says “anyone with the brain the size of an

The Westing Game's main conflict is person vs person, or the Westing heirs trying to discover who committed the homicide of Mr. Westing. (pg 30) The protagonists are the abnormal heirs trying to determine who among them is the homicidal psychopath. And finally, red herring after red herring, we discover the truth. Sam Westing was never murdered, he orchestrated the entire game just for fun. He in fact was disguised as Sandy Mcsouthers, a main character, the entire time! (pg 173)

The end of the story takes place back where the boys piled up the stones. I started to suspect that something shady was happening but I was mainly focused on the comical voices of the audio narrator. Now after reading I am shocked that I didn’t see what was happening sooner.

Readers want a story that captivates them, transporting them to another world with intriguing characters and conflict. The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connell, is a story about a man fighting for his life in extreme and unusual circumstances. The short story delivers an overall feeling of suspense and excitement for the reader. Compared to other short stories like: The Gift of the Magi, and The House on Mango Street, this story is more of an action/thriller genre. Richard Connell created a successful piece of literature because of his riveting plot, character development, and his unique moral.

The Historical context includes when this short story was written, which was around the time of the 1917 Russian Revolution. The Russian Revolution of 1917 had many Mercenary Soldiers, there are also some interesting facts about Richard Connell like when he was born, when he died, how many awards he won, and who his parents were; but that is not all on Richard Connell so you will have to read the paper to find out more. For the Biblical perspective there are a couple of Bible passages that back up the do not murder commandment and the, “You shall not take the name of God in vain.” The Most Dangerous Game is a fictional book based on the historical events of the Cossacks actions during the 1917 Russian Revolution killing people for sport, which

I have been reading “The Westing Game” and so far in the book I think Sandy killed Sam Westing, I think this because of all of the clues, Sandy is a very suspicious character.

Welcome, welcome! Come one, come all to Aidan’s Amazing Writing Emporium! The reason for this piece is to compare and contrast fiction and nonfiction writings from a selected time period. The time period I chose was the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution was when societies went from making everything by hand to using machines and factories. It was a huge leap in human achievement and helped businesses make a lot more money than they used to, but also forced lower class people to work long hours in factories to produce goods.

Elizabeth Magie invented “Monopoly” in 1903 before Charles Darrow did. She did this by randomly putting objects together to create a game. Magie was an abolitionist and anti-capitalist who came up with Landlord's Game. This game contributed to financial domination which was later on called Monopoly. Elizabeth started this game because she wanted to show everyone that they should be taxed on how much land they owned; even though others believed it was to go against conniving monopolies during their time period (Pilon).

The Westing Game is a mystery novel written by Ellen Raskin and published by Dutton in 1978. "The Westing Game" was published, although, author Ellen Raskin began work on it in 1976. The book is most likely written around the same time as it was published. I predicted The Westing Game was written in 1976 because the US celebration was held that year, fireworks and famous patriotic songs are important to the plot of the story.

At the end it can be concluded that, Samuel Becket?s Endgame with all these ambiguous and indistinct issues, such as title of