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Differences Between Westing Game Book And Movie
The Westing Game, a book and movie of the mystery genre, is an exciting book by Ellen Raskin. The Westing Game book and movie contain many similarities and differences that are worth watching or reading. The book and movie are different and alike in many ways.
The Westing Game starts out at a place called Sunset Towers, even though all of the windows are facing west. Many heirs of the great Sam Westing are called over to live there for many purposes, one being to play a game to find out who will be the heir of the recently deceased, Sam Westing. Many themes are in this book, including: chess, compass directions, and “America the Beautiful”. Even though the plot is the same, there are other similarities and differences. Similarities

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