Characters
Our Main Main character. The detective of the group. Wins the Westing Game.
The 16 heirs are invited to Sunset Towers by Barney Northrup. They decided to purchase apartments there and live there.
What is the Exposition?
Angela having doubts about her engagement and not wanting to marry Dr. Denton Deere.
What is Man V Self?
A piece of Paper given to and shared with the heirs.
What is the Westing Will?
The Heirs becoming friends after the Westing Game, even those who weren't friends during the games.
What is Friendship?
The perfect daughter. Everyone likes her. She is marring Denton Deere but might prefer to marry someone else. Similar to Violet Westing.
Who is Angela Wexler?
Turtle goes to the Westing house and sees the dead body. The Westing will is given and read aloud to the heirs.
What is the Inciting Incident?
The heirs competing against one another to win the money. Sam Westing being murdered.
What is Man V Man?
Sydelle does this to stand out in front of others, but also makes her look like the murderer because the murderer does this as well.
What is limping?
The Heirs outing each other to get the money.
What is being greedy?
Sandy Mcsouthers, Barney Northrup, Julian R Eastman.
Who is Sam Westing?
The hears are paired up, given clues, and work together to solve the murder and find the money.
What is the rising action?
Angela Wexler and Violet Westing feeling the pressure to be perfect and live up to certain standards.
The Heirs have clues about the money and the murder but.....
What is missing information?
People are judged on who they are and what they do, before they the Heirs get to know each other.
What is judging a book by its cover?
Mother of Angela and Turtle. Loves Angela, not so much Turtle until the end of the novel. Claims to be related to Sam Westing (and his in a way).
Who is Grace Wexler?
Turtle's Trial.
What is the Climax?
The Heirs being trapped in Sunset Towers for a few days because of the snow storm.
What is Man V Nature?
What is having beef with the Theodorakis family?
The Characters change and improve who they are five years after the Westing Game.
What is Personal Growth?
Who is Dr. Denton Deere?
Turtle goes to find Sam Westing 5 (Julian R. Eastman), she explains what the heirs are doing now, 5 years later. Sam Westing dies for real this time and the Heirs are living theri best lives, other than those who have died.
What is falling action and resolution?
Sam Westing being murdered and the Will being shared with the Heirs.
What is the main conflict or Inciting incident?
An important quote about the missing clues, Will, and information.
What is "It's what you don't have that counts"?
Grace, Angela, Turtle, and Jake growing closer and learning to solve the mystery by slightly working together. Flora Baumbach acting as a mother figure to Turtle. Sandy and J.J. Ford having a brother-sister dynamic.
What is family?