THE WESTING

 GAME
























AUTHOR: ELLEN RASKIN

Ellen Ermingard Raskin (March 13, 1928 – August 8, 1984) was an American children's writer and illustrator. She won the 1979 Newbery Medal for The Westing Game, a mystery novel, and another children's mystery, Figgs & Phantoms, was a Newbery Honor Book in 1975.

In 2012 The Westing Game was ranked number nine among all-time children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal, a monthly with primarily U.S. audience

INITIAL SITUATION

u  All of the carefully selected tenants move into Sunset Towers . This section does a great job of setting up both the time/place of the action and the many characters that will be living in it and taking part in the mystery, Sixteen characters for the westing game.

PLOT

u  The heirs/players find themselves signed up to play a strange game with a $200 million prize. To compete with one another to win a heck of a lot of money sets up a perfect, textbook conflict. There are eight teams of two and each of them wants to win the inheritance. It's husbands against wives, children against parents, and old enemies against high school students, as the group of sixteen works separately to figure out a prize that none of them are able to solve on their own.

DENOUCEMENT

The figuring out the main problem at the heart of the story and putting the characters back in their places, but as such it also seems that the "solution" would be a kind of ending to the mystery.

Anyway, Turtle figures out the puzzle, but nobody else does; the rest of the characters manage to content themselves with their shares in Sunset Towers and look toward the future.

 At each of these moments, the text reveals a rapid rundown of what's happened in or to each character's life, kind of like showing us a photo album at a high school reunion. We get closure on each of the characters, and watch as the prize that was won by Turtle during the denouement is finally and fully awarded.

 

CHARACTERS

Turtle Wexler.

 13 years old, Wexler’s daughter     

       

Sam Westing.

Founder of the Westing game, Owner of the $200 million Westing estate, which is the prize of the Westing game.                                                                                                                                                                                

Jake Wexler.

Grace's husband . He is chiropodist and he says that Sam Westing is his uncle.

Angela Wexler.

Dr. Denton’s girlfriend, Wexler’s older daughter.

Grace Wexler.

Interior designer , Sam Westing’s niece, Jake’s wife

Mr. Hoo

Restauarant owner who is often angry

Mr. Hoo's wife.

She is quite because she knows little English. She’s Chinese.

Doug Hoo.

18 years old , Hoo’s son, an amazing tracker runner.

 Sydelle Pulaski.

50 years old Secretary who believes she goes unnoticed

and unappreciated.

Sandy McSouthers.

Cheerful doorman of the Sunset Towers.

Very talkative, and treats everyone

in Sunset Towers very kindly.

 J.J. Ford.

Very official and serious judge.

Is quite a good thinker.

 Theo Theodorakis.

17 years old, he Works at the coffe shop,wants to be a writer

Chris Theodokradis

Theo’s brother who has a muscle and speech disorder.

Dr. Denton Deere.

25 yeras old , he is a doctor a is getting married with Angela

Flora Baumbach.

Friendly dressmaker who strikes a good

friendship with Turtle.

Otis Amber.

67-year-old delivery boy of the Sunset

Towers.

Crow.

Highly repentant and religious lady , always seems very cautious and careful

about what she's doing.

MAIN EVENT

uA bomber strikes in the building and puts Angela in the Hospital.

MY OPINION

In my opinion is a very interesting book, the truth is that I like it a lot because it has drama, suspense and also some action. In conclusion I highly recommend this book.