She uses the novel to explain the negative consequences of being wealthy or having an overabundance of money, and of wanting money. Some of the characters’ money represents freedom, or the ability to get an education but almost all of the characters are willing to lower their moral standards to get money.

What are the clues in the Westing Game?

What are the clues in The Westing Game? 1 FOR PLAIN GRAIN SHED (Chrisos Theodorakis and Denton Deere) 2 SEA MOUNTAIN AM O ( Turtle Wexler and Flora Baumbach) 3 FRUITED PURPLE WAVES FOR SEA (James Hoo and Grace Wexler) 4 HIS N ON TO THEE FOR (Doug Hoo and Theo Theodorakis) 5 SKIES AM SHINING BROTHER (Sandy McSouthers and J.J.

Who is the fourth identity in the Westing Game?

Turtle is starting to piece the whole mystery together. She thinks that Westing, Northrup, and McSouthers are all the same person, and that his fourth identity has to be Julian R. Eastman because all of the other names have a direction, and the only direction left is east, and he is the only one who has east in their last name. -page 158

What does Theo do in the Westing Game?

Theo, meanwhile, tries to arrange his clues into some kind of numerical formula or equation as he does his homework.

Where was the body found in the Westing Game?

On page 18 Turtle said she found the body in a bed but the news reported it was found on a oriental rug. On page 19 it said Sam Westing is a master at disguises and loves to dress up as Uncle Sam for the 4th of July. On page 29, in the will it said my life was taken by one of the people in this room right mow.

More clues are revealed by Chapter 6 when the characters are told at the reading of Sam Westing’s will that they have been selected as potential heirs to the Westing estate and the winner of the Westing game will become the actual heir. One important clue prior the start… (The entire section contains 485 words.)

What was Sam Westing’s purpose in the Westing Game?

On page 159, I found out that Sam Westing’s purpose for the whole game was to punish Crow for Violets death. The whole “Westing Game was like a real life version of chess. Crow was the “queen” and there were 16 “pieces” (the heirs). He did his famous queen sacrifice move, having Crow being the queen.

Who are the heirs in the Westing Game?

The whole “Westing Game was like a real life version of chess. Crow was the “queen” and there were 16 “pieces” (the heirs). He did his famous queen sacrifice move, having Crow being the queen. On page 159, I figured out that Windy Windkloppel was 4 people: Barney Northrup, Julian R. Eastman, Sandy McSouthers, and Sam Westing.

On page 18 Turtle said she found the body in a bed but the news reported it was found on a oriental rug. On page 19 it said Sam Westing is a master at disguises and loves to dress up as Uncle Sam for the 4th of July. On page 29, in the will it said my life was taken by one of the people in this room right mow.

Prejudice and Bigotry. Written in the 1970s, a time of social change in America, The Westing Game portrays an ensemble of “16 imperfect ethnics” in order to expose the prejudices and stereotypes to which people of racial and ethnic minorities and various ranges of disabilities are unfairly subjected.