Sam Westing Game Analysis

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In the Westing Game, I believe that Sam Westing isn’t dead. Based on the clues that I have, I believe the faked his death. Sam Westing is trying to frame someone for his murder.

There is a lot of evidence supporting that sam Westing isn't really dead. He wrote a will before he died saying that he was going to die, but is he really dead? How did he know something was going to happen before it did? Turtle said that his body looked like a wax dummy, but if it was just a fake Sam Westing wax statue. Maybe he got his statue cremated, so the heirs couldn’t double check the body to see if it was fake. Turtle also said that she heard whispers in the house, but what if those whispers were Sam Westing? Chris saw someone in the Westinghouse

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