Ellen Raskin

One Murderer. One Game. Sixteen heirs. All these things are involved in the Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. When Sam Westing dies, his will is very different than you might normally hear, to get the inheritance, 16 heirs compete to figure out who killed Sam Westing, the heirs all get paired and get one set of clues each. They all have to figure it out by a deadline or else none of them will get the inheritance. When reading the Westing Game it kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin used: characterization, setting, main conflict, and the author's ways of giving clues. While the mystery folded out, the main conflict was Person vs. Person; the Protagonists were the heirs because they were trying to win the Westing Game. Which leaves the antagonist as Sam Westing because he wrote the will to be like a Game and made some of the heirs turn on each other. The conflict started out when Turtle goes into the Westing House and finds the dead body of Sam Westing. When Turtle comes out of the Westing House,…

The Westing Game is an excellent novel as well as movie, however, they tell a somewhat different story. Sandy, Barney, Julian, and Sam are all different people right? This proves to be true in both the movie and the book. The Westing Game, written by Ellen Raskin, is a book about a 12 year old girl named Turtle, or Tabitha Ruth, who discovers who was responsible for the death of her dear Uncle Sam. There is a competition between the characters, and a race against time, to uncover the culprit…

Chapters 9-11: In chapter 9 the people post signs in the elevator: 1) Sydelle wants her copy of the will returned. 2) Grace will offer a reward for her lost cross. 3) Someone stole Turtle's Mickey Mouse clock 4) Flora lost a pearl necklace, 5) go to the Hoos' restaurant, 6) six more "clues" have been found and Turtle's a brat 6) Judge Ford's having a party that night, and 7) Turtle should be home by 7:30 and 8) that anyone who wants to share clues should meet in the coffee shop. When Turtle…

The Westing Game is a mystery written by Ellen Raskin and has won the Newberry Award in 1979. The first few pages of the book reveals that there will be many twist and turns and it will not be until the end until the answer is revealed. Very specific tenants were chosen for the Sunset Towers and this is evident in each showing of an apartment by Barney Northrup. Very specific choices were made for the tenants of Sunset Towers, but why? Up on the hill sits the Westing house, just days after…

Mysteries are many readers favorite genre. For the past two months, sixth grade students from Gull Lake Middle School have been trying to solve the murder mystery of Sam Westing. The reward, a large sum of cash, the catch, the murderer is one of the heirs. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin contains many similarities and differences worth examining. The Westing Game story focuses on a young teen, Turtle Wexler, who becomes the lead character in figuring out the Westing Game. The game began…

“It’s not what you have it’s what you don’t have that counts” Page 43. The westing game by Ellen Raskin is a book and a movie. These two might have the same idea but very different details. All of sixth grade in gull lake is reading the very confusing westing game. The westing game book and movie have many similarities and differences worth noting down. The westing game is a very confusing book/story. In the westing game book 16 heirs get in groups of two to find out who killed Sam Westing. The…

things and discover new opportunities. She is always offering her support and encouragement. She is a true role model and leader, many people can relate to her, trust her and are inspired by her such as myself. Ellen DeGeneres is a famous talk show host and a well-known comedian. She was born on January 26, 1958 in Metairie, Louisiana. In her early life, she dreamed to become a veterinarian but she did not pursue that career. In the process of trying to find her desire she waited tables,…

Ellen DeGeneres is one of the best celebrities you can imagine. She has her own talk show and it is very entertaining, in her show she frequently donates to charities and her audience. Ellen also serves as a proud LGBTQ. She is one of the one liked person. She created some Ellen cards which are cards that are given to people with a nice compliment/ comment as an act of kindness. The Ellen cards are available on her website: http://www.ellentv.com/2016/05/03/download-the-official-ellen-card/. As…

On this day Ellen DeGeneres was born to, mother, Betty Pfeffer DeGeneres and, father, Elliot DeGeneres. Betty DeGeneres had been married for a year when she was 19 years old before meeting Elliot DeGeneres, claims, author, Lisa Lannucci. Elliot supported the family by selling insurance, and Betty contributed by carrying a variety of jobs throughout the years. Ellen also had an older brother names Vance who was four years older than she was. As Ellen grew up in New Orleans it is stated by…

From what I read of C.S. Lewis’s Perelandra, it was primarily uneventful. Lewis tells the story of Elwin Ransom’s recent trip to the planet Perelandra or Venus. Lewis, the first-person narrator, portrays himself as one of Ransom’s closest friends. He tells the story from Ransom’s memory of Ransom’s experience on Perelandra. Ransom describes the planet to be very beautiful and different from earth. The planet is covered with a “roof” preventing the inhabitants of seeing the sky clearly. On…