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Analyzing Ellen Raskin's 'The Westing Game'

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The Westing Game by: Ellen Raskin. Has anybody wondered about death or how someone died. The Westing Game is about heirs trying to solve the mystery of the game. This document is about the comparing the movie, the book to compare their differences and their similarities. The basis of the story is that heirs try to solve the mystery. The problem is that the heirs think Westing was murdered. Sam Westing’s will said “My life was taken by one of you”. So all the heirs thought he was murdered. In the will it also said “It’s not what you have it’s what you don't have”. Sam Westing fooled all the heirs.
There are similarities the book and movie have in common is that Turtle Wexler still wins the Westing Game. Chris is still a little mental.

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