“It’s not what you have it’s what you don’t have that counts(Raskin page 43)”. The Westing Game novel and movie by Ellen Raskin are very different, but also very similar in their unique ways. The Westing Game contains many clues and assumptions that are worth very little. The Mystery genre make both materials interesting and attention grabbing but many books are not like The Westing Game. “Thief, larcenist felon”(Raskin page 78). The game with heirs, a set of clues and partnerships, with only one name, The Westing Game. Having a theme of chess and all partners wanting figure out who killed Sam Westing. But when Sam uses his special queen sacrifice, Berthe Erica Crow (Sam’s queen), someone figures it out. The interesting two mystery materials have some differences but have many similar details too. …show more content…
Both sides also have Turtles kicking a sign of anger, and most of the other crutches such as Jake Wexler's Gambling. The bombs are also a big detail, aside from the theme of chess, because the bombs go off and Angela in both materials gets a scar. The book has many details similar to the movie, but some are different too. Since The Westing Game novel and movie are two different and separate contents, they have many differences. In the Novel there are 16 heirs and Grace Windsor Wexler was related to Sam but didn't know, but in the film there were only 10 heirs and Grace new she was related to Sam, but she was keeping it to herself. Also the Westing apartment complex was an upgrade to most people such as the Wexlers, but in the movie the apartment complex was a downgrade to the Wexlers. The novel and film of The Westing Game have both similarities and differences, but they have a little bit more