Gaming and Strategizing: Nate Reichter
In the novel The Westing Game one theme I connected to
throughout the book was gaming and strategizing. When I think of gaming and strategizing I think
of the television game show Survivor. In
the show Survivor many of the contestants lie, cheat, and manipulate people to do
whatever it takes to be named the winner and sole survivor of the show. Comparing the game show Survivor with the
book The Westing Game, I see many
direct correlations between the two. In
both the show and the book people are playing a game to win money. They do this by strategizing, lying, cheating,
manipulating, and deceiving people to get to the prize. The person who does all these things the best
wins the game. There are many good examples
of people who lie, cheat, manipulate and deceive people in this book, but in my
opinion the person that does this the best is Turtle, who is also our winner of
the game. I think Turtle does a fantastic job of playing the game because of
her ability to read grownups. She even
says it herself she finds it easy to read grownups; she knows exactly what they
are thinking. I think Turtles ability to
read people helps her manipulate the other players to her advantage. We see her ability to manipulate people towards
the end of the game. Turtle’s clever and
skillful lies help her pull off a very crafty story that she comes up with off
the top of her head to deceive all of the other players. Turtle manipulates the other players by using
simple logic in her story misleading all of the other players by lying about
the clues. Turtle’s lies regarding the
clues help her to twist the story to mislead all of the other players. Turtle’s strategic, brilliant story helps her
to win the game and become sole survivor of Mr. Eastmans possessions.
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