When the16 heirs are first paired together, they appear to be unlikely partners, having very little in common. However, over the course of the game, we learn that the pairs are placed together on purpose, and some of the pairs become friends helping one another. They prove to be good for one another, good partners. For example, Angela and Sydelle appear to be opposites who become very good friends during the course of the story. Sydelle is an overweight, overlooked secretary with a flair for the dramatic. She really craves attention. Angela is very pretty and feels trapped in her beauty to the point that she damages herself in the bombing. Both Sydelle and Angela see and accept each other for who they really are and continue to remain friends even after Julian Eastman dies. Choose a pair of heirs that you liked the most. Describe the pair, how they were alike or not alike, how well did they work together, how did their relationship grow, explain the pair's lives in the end.
My favorite pair was the doorman and the judge. The judge was a honest and not a gossiper. The doorman though was a gossiper and lied about his real identity. They really worked well together and became friends. The doorman died of age after the game and the judge will pay for Chris's education.
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Michelle Pietrzak
6/21/2014 01:27:45 am
My favorite pair were Turtle and Flora Baumbach. Turtle was a young teenage girl. She was the bomber and was Angela's sister. Flora was 60 years old. She was a free-market and her daughter (who was retarded daughter) died at age 19. They are alike in some ways is that they both didn't get much attention. One way they are different is they have a much different age. They worked together very well and their relationship grew a lot. At the end Turtle found out who was the "murderer". At the end Flora went back to the way she was at the beginning.
My favorite pair of heirs are........... Turtle Wexler and Flora (Baba) Baumbach. They became great friends. Turtle is 13 and Flora (Baba) Baumbach is 60. Turtle is the sister of a bomber. She had a retarded daughter, Rosalie, a Mongoloid child. She sold her bridal shop last year after Rosalie died of pneumonia, age: 19. They are also some what alike, they both didn't get much attention. Their age is a lot different in fact 60(Flora (Baba) Baumbach's age) minus 13(Turtles age) equals 47. So when turtle was born Flora (Baba) Baumbach was about 47 years old. Turtle got married in the end and Flora (Baba) Baumbach went back to dressmaking.
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Tyler Esco
7/14/2014 02:04:44 am
Although Turtle is not my favorite person in this story, I feel that her and Flora's partnership was the best. They were good for each other. Although very different in personality, Turtle being aggressive and bratty and Flora always a pleasant person, polite to everyone, the two needed something from each other. Flora missed having a child around after losing her 19 year old daughter to pneumonia and Turtle lacked love and nurturing from her mother. They became very close playing the Westing game. In later years Turtle (T.R. Wexler) moved Flora into her home. Even her sister Angela named their daughter Alice, which was what Flora called Turtle during the partnership in the game.
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Tyler Wilson
7/16/2014 04:15:28 am
My favorite pair was Turtle Wexler and Flora Baumbach. Turtle is a young girl not getting the attention and love from her mother and Flora is a woman who enjoyed looking after and taking care of a child. They got along well together. They listened to each other and developed a relationship with each other that was missing in their lives. Flora was the only who cared enough about Turtle to ask what her real name was and called her by it instead the nickname she was given. The longer they were together, the more their relationship seem to be a mother/daughter one. In the end, Flora gave up dressmaking and lives with Turtle. Turtle and Chris get married and she is a lawyer.
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Sarah Smith
7/18/2014 03:31:11 am
My favorite pair was Turtle and Flora. Turtle was a 13 year old girl who had braids that she wouldn't let anyone touch and she got very little attention from her family. Flora was a 60 year old dressmaker who was very kind and also didn't get much attention from anyone. They are very different in age and Turtle seems to be tougher than Flora. Flora cant really handle when people are rude but Turtle will just kick them. In the end Turtle married Theo and became a lawyer. She didn't like to be called Turtle she wanted everyone to call her T.R Wexler instead. Flora didn't change much she was still a Dressmaker and Turtle still called her Baba. There relationship grew a lot Flora ended up being closer to Turtle than her own mother was. I think that Flora was like a Grandmother to Turtle.
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Jeremy Little
7/18/2014 11:25:20 am
My favorite pair was Turtle and flora. turtle is a 13 year old girl who got almost no attention from her family and she kicks people a lot. Flora was 60 years old and made dresses and had a 19 year old daughter that died from pneumonia. they both didn't get much attention. they were vey different in age. and they got along great and turtle even had a nickname for Flora. Flora was retired from dress making and lives with Turtle, the lawyer
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Millie Dukes
7/20/2014 11:34:36 am
My favorite pair would have to be Dr. Denton Deere and Chris Theodorakis. Dr. Deere is a intern at the hospital that constantly tries to impress the people around him by stating people’s medical conditions. Chris is a young boy with a medical condition that causes him to lose control of his body for a short amount of time. Dr. Deere helps Chris by getting him the medical attention that he needs. Chris grows on Dr. Deere. Dr. Deere becomes more humble and brags less.
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Dakota Williamson
7/21/2014 02:09:46 am
My favorite pair is Christos and Dr. Denton. Christos had a disease and Dr. Denton was a doctor intern. They are not alike because Christos is a kid and Dr. Denton is an adult. The pair worked very well together and became friends. In the end Christos is cured from his disease because of the medicine Dr. Denton gave him. Christos is also married and a professor at the university. Dr. Denton never married and is a neurologist.
My favorite pair was Grace Windsor Wexler and James Shin Hoo. Grace is a haughty woman who was arrogant and pompous. James was rude and negligant to his surroundings alot. They were both arrogant in different ways. James Hoo seemed to have a continueous hate for Sam Westing. They started out not liking each other at all. As the game went on their friendship grew and James ended up giving Grace a job and at the end his resturaunt. their friendship grows throughout the book.
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Allie Darty
7/26/2014 02:18:08 am
Turtle Wexler and Flora Baumbach was my favorite pair. They already knew each other because she was making Angela's wedding dress. After they were paired, they began to like each other more and learned more about each other. Flora became like Turtle's mother because Turtle was not close to her mother.
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Sullivan Stevens
7/26/2014 09:12:50 am
My favorite pair was Cris and Dr. Deere. Although they seemed to be likely partners I liked them beacaue they both impacted each others lives greatly. Dr. Deere helped Chris by giving him the medical treatment he needed.
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Alexis Boyd
7/26/2014 09:39:40 am
My favorite pair was the judge and the doorman. The doorman told many lies and was quick to judge others. The judge however never lied and was very honest. The judge never talked bad about others. They were great partners and the judge made a wonderful impact on the doorman.
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Laurel Bacon
7/28/2014 10:54:42 am
My favorite heir pair were Mr. Hoo and Grace Wexler. Mrs.Wexler is a housewife who dreams of being an interior decorator. Mr. Hoo is an unhappy restaurant owner who is stressed because he has no customer. felt they worked great together even though they disagred Both of them are very competitive. Mrs. Wexler cares a lot about her daughter, but Mr. Hoo doesn't seem to care about his son. and their lives changed with Mr. invention and Mrs. Wexler's restaurant
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Laurel Bacon
7/28/2014 10:56:02 am
It should say "I felt they worked together great even though they disagreed a lot". Sorry about that
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Mia
12/20/2016 06:56:47 pm
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kaleb miles
7/29/2014 05:27:06 am
personally i liked otis amber and crow because they just bonded a bit better and i hate it when there is constant fighting. plus its not often a pair like them would get along.
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ethan hunt
7/30/2014 03:20:14 am
My favorite pair of heirs was Turtle Wexler and Flora Baumbach. Turtle is a young girl not getting the love and the attention that she would like from her mother. Flora loved taking care of children. Also, they both thought of each other as more than partners. Like a mom or daughter.
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Sean Rattan
7/31/2014 10:59:07 am
My favorite pair was Turtle and Baba. They both had abilities that the other didn't, but could use. For instance Turtle could learn how to be polite sometimes, and Baba was really sad when Rosalie died so Turtle became her "daughter."
Turtle got married and Baba went back to dressmaking.
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Emma-Grace Teal
7/31/2014 02:13:14 pm
My favorite pair was Turtle and Flora Baumbach. They became really good friends and Ms. Baumbach even started calling Turtle, Alice because she loved her name. They had a great relationship, they seemed to work well together
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Caroline Smith
8/1/2014 04:39:32 am
My favorite heir pairs were Turtle and Flora. Turtle was 13 and had braids that she never let anyone touch. She also got very little attention from her family. Flora was 60 years old. She was a dressmaker. She was very kind and hardly got attention from anyone. In ways they are different are, age and Turtle was a lot tougher than Flora. In the end Turtle married Theo and became a lawyer. Turtle wanted everyone to call her T.R. Wexler. FLORA retired from dressmaking. Flora also became closer to Turtle than her own mother was.
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Logan Carter
8/1/2014 07:19:07 am
My favorite heir pair were Turtle Wexler and Flaura Baumbach because of their relationship and how it grew threw the story like how Turtle was in cotrol of things and mrs.Baumbach just went along just happy to have daughter figure in her life and then they were together with the stock market scheme and in the end they were really close like Tuertle to Sandy a.k.a Samuel Westing
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Logan Carter
8/1/2014 07:22:09 am
My favorite hair pair was Turtle Wexler and Flora Baumbach because of how their bond grew through the story and how Turtle was mostly in charge and how mrs.Baumbach went along with it just happy to a daughter back in her life and their bond grew like Turtle to Sandys
My favorite pair in the story was Turtle Wexler and Flora Baumbach. In the beginning, Turtle is mean to other people (kicks shins) whenever her braid is touched. Flora is kind to everyone and always smiles and sees the good in everyone and everything. Turtle doesn’t show her sensitive side, but Flora Baumbach always shows her tender emotions (smiling at others and crying at others’ pain). Turtle grows up not feeling special to anyone (especially her own mother). Flora had lost the one person who was most special to her (her daughter). Turtle and Flora are a perfect pairing, because each of them lacks what the other one has. Together they are complete. Like the Westing will stated, “It’s not what you have, it’s what you don’t have that counts.” As a team, Turtle was the brains behind their method, but she needed Flora to go sell and buy the stocks. Their partnership becomes a friendship, and eventually a family. In fact, Flora ends up moving in with Turtle and stays even when Turtle and Theo marry.
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Aubrey Beyer
8/3/2014 03:19:30 am
My two favorite heirs are Turtle Wexler and Flora Baumbach. Turtle is a 13 year old girl, her real names is Alice, and she never got much attention until Flora or as Turtle calls her Baba. Baba is 60 years old and a dress maker. Their relationship was so strong that Turtle was like another daughter to Baba. They worked great together. When they got older Turtle went to collage and got married and Baba moved I with Turtle.
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Dylan Davis
8/3/2014 07:55:30 am
Chris Theodorakis and Dr. Denton Deere because they always say that you can't do this or that . They get along very well and they don't fight . And they are very entertaining.
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Spencer Shoaf
8/3/2014 12:42:50 pm
My favorite pair was Turtle and Ms. Baumbach mostly because they won. They were not alike at all. Ms. Baumbach was on older wedding dress maker and Turtle was a kid. They worked well together because Turtle was very smart and Ms. Baumbach followed directions and listened to what Turtle said. Their relationship turned out to be more like a mother and daughter relationship because Ms. Baumbach paid more attention to Turtle than her own mom did and Ms. Baumbach's daughter died when she was very young so Turtle was like another daughter.
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Dylan Presciti
8/3/2014 02:36:42 pm
My favorite pair was Turtle and Ms Baumbach because they looked out for each other.
I liked the pair Turtle because she needed a motherly figure and when she met Flora they just bonded really well and loved to hang with each other. Turtle and Baba we always hanging out and saw the best in each other.
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