We know from the start that Barney Northrup is not a real person, but we don't find out who's impersonating him until nearly the end of the book. What we do know about him is he's a fast-talking real estate dude with a funky mustache and great lying ability.
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Barney Northrup is one of Sam Westing's alternate identities: Sam Westing, Sandy McSouthers, Barney Northrup, and Julian Eastman.
In "The Westing Game," Sam Westing has multiple identities: he is also known as Sandy McSouthers, Barney Northrup, and Julian R. Eastman. These identities are part of a complex scheme created by Sam Westing as part of his mysterious game to determine his heir.
The thief in "The Westing Game" is Barney Northrup, who is hired by Sam Westing as part of his elaborate game. Barney steals to create a mystery and set the game in motion, driving the plot of the story forward.
My favorite part was when Sandy/Sam Westing/Julian Eastman/Barney Northrup finally dies for real, because Turtle and him discuss all the good times that they had. I LOVE WESTING GAME
Sandy was limping in "The Westing Game" because he had injured his leg during the game of Westing's will. Sandy's injury was part of the mystery and intrigue of the story, prompting the other characters to question what had happened to him.
In "The Westing Game," the ending reveals that the heirs of Samuel W. Westing are actually players in a complex game orchestrated by Westing himself to uncover his murderer. The "murder" of Westing was faked as part of the game, and one of the heirs, Turtle Wexler, solves the mystery by realizing that no one actually died.
To find out who killed his daughter, Violet Westing , who killed herself before her wedding. She was going to marry George Theodorakis, Chris and Theo's dad. And Sam Westing isn't who he says he is, he's Windy Windkloppel.
He is dressed as Uncle Sam
In the novel "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin, it is ultimately revealed that Sam Westing was not actually killed; instead, he faked his own death as part of an elaborate game he created for his heirs. The character Barney Northrup, who is later revealed to be Sam Westing in disguise, orchestrated the entire mystery as a way to bring his heirs together and ultimately determine who is worthy of inheriting his fortune.
Well, Sandy McSouthers dies, but he actually doesn't. Sandy McSouthers is actually Mr. Westing, Barney Northrup, and a few other characters. Once this is figured out, Sandy McSouthers actually does die in the arms of Turtle. Plus, Crow and Otis Amber die sometime after the game ends.
In the third part of Westing's will it says the heir who wins the windfall will be the one who finds the fourth and 4 character's names are Barney NORTHrup, Sandy McSOUTHers, Julian EASTman, and Samuel WESTing. So, Turtle realizes that Westing was all of this people is disguise. Later, Samuel Westing dies of old age.
The prospective murderer in "The Westing Game" is revealed to be Angela Wexler, who is set up by the real bomber, Sandy McSouthers. It is part of the intricate game created by Samuel W. Westing to test the heirs' abilities and character.
what does turtle predict the next part of the will. in the westing game