Ellen Raskin

The decades following the Civil War were a time of explosive growth for the United States, by the end of the Nineteenth century American economic wealth dwarfed that of its former colonial overseers. With this growth came challenges, the growing disparity between the wealthy and the poor led to deplorable and unsafe working conditions as the demand for production and more wealth for business owners became a more powerful motivator than human life and safety. This increase in economic success had…

Knight, born in 1941, is a retired professor of church history at the theological seminary at Andrews University. His books include the Adventist Heritage series, the Ellen White series, and a devotional Bible commentary series. Just last year, in 2014, he was considered to be the “best-selling and [most] influential voice,” ever since Ellen White, for the past three decades within the denomination. Throughout this book, Knight traces the theological journey of the Seventh-day Adventist church…

Jane Addams is an early leader in woman’s suffrage and a pioneer settlement worker in social reform in the United States. She is an exceptional woman who advanced the welfare of working class for adults and children, by political advocacy and by providing practical opportunities. She wanted to help immigrants with education and to have a better life in the city. She believed that women should make their voices heard in legislation and should have the right to vote. Addams studied the effects of…

“So take stock in America my heirs, and sing in praise of this generous land.” (Raskin pg 36) In a mysterious and patriotic way, this book confused readers and the characters of The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. It took sixth graders at Gull Lake Middle School two months to find out who the murderer was, the mysteries, the red herring, and the queen, all confusing, but all interesting. The Westing Game novel and movie contain many interesting and mysterious facts worth noting. The Westing Game,…

found dead in his home, but he wasn’t done yet. He made a game, and with that game people lost and won. Gull Lake middle school sixth grade students have recently read, watched, and analysed The Westing Game book and movie. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin contains many similarities and differences that are worth explaining. The Westing Game includes a very interesting plot. A group of heirs to Westing are paired together, given some clues, and told they would win big bucks if they won.…

“Suddenly a terrified scream-a young girl’s scream-pierced the night” (Raskin page 20). Gull Lake Middle School students read and watched the movie The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. A dead man brought together his heirs who are daring enough to play his twisted game. The heirs are tangled up with friends, foes, fireworks, bombs, false identities, and a prize of $200 million dollars. The Westing Game novel and movie contain many similarities and differences that are worth noting. The basic…

Theme Essay By: Eric LaMere Does money ever feel like it is the only thing that matters? Well, I know that some people people do but Ellen Raskin’s novel “The Westing Game” shows the exact opposite. She does this by creating three characters that learn that money is not as valuable as a true and loving family with. Turtle learns that family is worth more than money. She thinks this way because of how mean her family actually is and how much she longs for a new one. Her mother, Grace,…

The book The Westing Game was a slow book to read. In my opinion this book was very boring. The author wrote in a view of multiple groups and often in the view for a single person. The author had extra fluff that was not relevant to the story. For example, “J.J. Ford was the biggest tipper in Sunset Towers… “I saw someb-b-b…” Chris Theodorakis was too excited to stutter out the news to his brother.” (page 14) The constant switching of characters and character groups without a well written…

For my second book report, I chose the novel The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. This book, based on past works of the author, is a mystery novel, or a work of fiction. This can contribute to one of the reasons I chose to read this book. There are many reasons as to why I chose this novel for my second report. A reason can be that mystery novels are quite interesting and fascinating to me. Reading a mystery novel always makes me want to turn the next page. It as well makes me analyze the novel…

Title: “The Westing Game” Author: Ellen Raskin Report by: Ethan Keating Warning! Contains Spoilers! Genre: Mystery Plot Summary: Sunset Towers is a 5 stories tall apartment building with 6 apartments. The people in each apartment were specially chosen to get each apartment. They were chosen because they were heirs to Mr. Westing a wealthy man who disappeared after a car accident. Finally on the night of Halloween Turtle, one of the tenants, went into the Westing House on a dare and found the…