Change In Ellen Raskin's The Westing Game '

The term change means to become different. People change throughout their life based on their personal actions, decisions, and experiences. This applies to characters in books as well. In the novel The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin, Angela Wexler, Grace Wexler, and Sydelle Pulaski are shown to have changed greatly.
Angela Wexler changed greatly from being a cautious people-pleaser to an independent, intelligent woman. For example, “‘Dad said he could manage if that’s what I really wanted, but my mother said it was too difficult for a woman to get into medical school.’ Why was she gabbing like this? ‘I want to be a writer,’ Theo said. That really sounded like kid stuff. ‘Would you go back to college if you won the inheritance?’ Angela looked down. It was a

For example, ‘“Sydelle Pulaski waved a gaily painted crutch in the air, tottered, and set it down quickly with another thump- ‘this crutch. Crutch. What a horrible word, but I guess I’ll have to get used to it.’ She pursed her bright red mouth, painted to a fullness beyond the narrow line of her lips, trying to suppress a smile of triumph. Everyone was staring; she knew they would notice”’ (Raskin 26). This shows that Sydelle seeked attention; she pretended to have to use crutches because of an incurable disease that she made up and wore bright lipstick in order to get others to notice her. “The secretary to the president of Schultz Sausages was back on the job. Her ankle mended, Sydelle Pulaski had discarded her crutches.” These lines show that Sydelle is not as attention-seeking as she was in the beginning since does not flaunt about her new inheritance and no longer uses the crutches to attract attention. In the end, Sydelle has changed from being an exaggerated drama queen to a modest and more thoughtful