The Westing Game
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Plot Summary of The Westing Game

"The Westing Game is an intriguing novel with lots of twists and turns to keep the reader turning pages long past bedtime. A millionaire is found dead in his lonely mansion, and he wants his "heirs" to discover who killed him. Whoever brings the killer to justice wins an inheritance of two million dollars. An interesting case study of how we relate to one another in society.

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

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R Novak, Resident Scholar

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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%

Tone of story - Dry-cynical
How difficult to spot villain? - Challenging
Time/era of story: - 1930's-1950's
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 70%
Murder of certain profession? - "All in the family" murder
Misc. Murder Plotlets - Killer purposely leaves clues
Kind of investigator - amateur citizen investigator
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot? - searching for $$$/treasure
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Age: - a kid
Eccentric/Mental: Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
The antagonists are: - big business leader(s)
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Genius
Physique - physically sick

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths? - 2
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog

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