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by 12/20 i will make three posts like this oneeeeee.

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by 12/20 i will make three posts like this oneeeeee.

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By December 20, I will make three posts like this.

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By December 20, I will make three posts like this.

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If "there was no such person as Barney Northrup," (2)then how is he selling houses to these people?

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When Turtle Wexler says "Look! Look, there's smoke-there's smoke coming from the chimney of the Westing house,"(7) it reminds me of Scout Finch talking about any activity at the Radley house in To Kill a Mockingbird.

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When Uncle Sam left his will about the game and how he was murdered, it made me think of the movie Clue. It especially connected me to Clue when Uncle Sam writes "The heirs will now be paired." (38). This connection occurred because in Clue, a group of suspects and the murderer are split into pairs to search for clues.

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What year is this "Fourth of July" (1)

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There is a "dressmaker, a secretary, an inventor, a doctor, a judge" but only "a bookie, a burglar, a bomber, and a mistake" (there are 5 people but only 4 describing words) (6).

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Earlier on page 6 the author mentioned a burglar but then on page 18 the narrator says "Sydelle Pulaski... bolted the door behind her. There'd be fewer burglaries around here if people listened to her about putting in dead-bolt locks". Is that foreshadowing that she is the burglar or will encounter one

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You guys are just getting started, and I don't want to give anything away. Please add comments about any clues you decipher as you figure them out :D

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You can delete this row now that you guys are on the right track.

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I'm going to answer a question out of the purpose and audience category.

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What mood does the author create for the reader?

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What mood does the author create for the reader?

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In Ellen Raskin's, The Westing Game, she creates an intriguing and interesting mood for the reader. Raskin does this by incorporating small details like "'Oh my, no. Angela reminds me of another young girl I made a wedding dress for: Violet Westing.'"(89) and this causes the reader to be more interested in the story and want to learn more about what is to come. All of the hints that the reader finds makes them become "trapped" in the story and want to keep reading and reading to find even more. The Westing Game is, in fact, a (sometimes) fun mystery game that all of the characters get to endure and the reader gets to watch and find some clues of their own.

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Once the "time bomb" (115) went off on Angela and got her sent to the hospital next to her partner, Sydelle Pulaski, I realized that maybe things will happen to people group by group until there is only one group left and the two of them will have to fight for the will.

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Grace Wexler seems like she can be rude and petty at times because of the way she "lost her scowl"(108) when Mr. Hoo walked in to her and her husbands table. Could she possibly be sabotaging the other players such as Sydelle Pulaski just to get to Angela?

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Which point-of-view is the story told from? How does this affect the story

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Which point-of-view is the story told from? How does this affect the story

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The story is written in third person omniscient where the narrator is describing everything that is happening and knows what everyone is thinking. For example, on page 88, Theo is taking to Angela and feels like what he is talking about, sounds "like kid stuff" and Angela is talking back to Theo but when Theo asks "Would [she] go back to college if [she] won the inheritance?" and she "did not want to answer." This affects the story by knowing everyones thoughts on the murder and lets us know more about each character and decide for ourselves as the readers who it might be that murdered Mr.Westing. This also helps us know what each character feels toward certain things and how they plan on solving the mystery murder.

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I noticed that the author used personification on page 91 when she writes, "A cluster of rd sparks hissed through the swinging kitchen door, kissed the ceiling and rained a shimmering shower down and around the petrified hostess."

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So if Angela is the bomber, is Sydelle being sarcastic when she thinks "Good for her!" or is she glad that her partner is the bomber, if so, why (117)?

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Have you pieced together any of the word clues? It's an older allusion, but I think you guys should get it.

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In the novel, The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin portrays a mysterious and secretive tone that influences the reader. A sense of mystery is used when Otis Amber says "'Boom! Just a warning to keep the doors locked'" followed by "'You know, Crow old pal, I think I figured out who the bomber is.'" and then Crow "stiffened as she stared at her distorted reflection in the shining silver"(133). Crows' stiffening when the subject of the bomber is brought up can give the reader some suspicion towards her. The mysterious style of this novel makes the reader feel that there are more hidden clues that are being held right above their heads and they think they are so close to reaching them. Raskin's use of a secretive mood causes the reader to want to read more to be able to unveil these secrets.

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After Turtle finds out the Sandy was actually Uncle Sam, why does she continue to call him Sandy when they say "'Turtle?'""'Yes, Sandy.'"(215)?

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On page 140, the judge says that "Sam Westing made his first mistake," could this possibly go back to the beginning of the novel when there is a "bookie, a burglar, a bomber, and a mistake"(6) and Uncle Sam would be the mistake?

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Character: How are the characters different when the novel ends?

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Character: How are the characters different when the novel ends?

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The characters have all improved in their lives since the westing game and are thriving or dead. In chapter 30, Sandy asks Turtle what everyone is up to now and she replies by saying, "Judge Ford has just been appointed to the United States Supreme Court", "Crow and Otis Amber had died two years ago" (but she told Sandy they were still slopping soup), "Sydelle... and her husband moved to Hawaii", "Angela is an orthopedic surgeon... Angela and Denton Deer are married. They have a daughter named Alice", "Baba is well, everyone is well. Mr. and Mrs. Theodorakis... retired to Florida. Chris and his wife Shirley teach Ornithology at the university",  "Doug is a sports announcer on television", "Mr. Hoo, too, was dead. Sunny Hoo finally made her trip to China", "Gracie Windkloppel... went into business", and "Theo [wrote his] first novel" (213-15). Almost every character is doing well and has been doing more things since the death of Sam Westing.

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Could the "the sun was rising out of Lake Michigan" (216) symbolize a new beginning when Sandy dies?