Sunday, July 21, 2013

What was Mrs. Wexler's treatment of Turtle in The Westing Game?

In general, I would say that Mrs. Wexler treats her
daughter Turtle very poorly.  Even though parents are supposed to love their kids
equally, Mrs. Wexler clearly does not love Turtle as much as she loves her older
daughter, Angela (or at least she doesn't treat her like she loves her as
much).


Mrs. Wexler always seems to value Angela more than
Turtle.  She is entranced with Angela because Angela is beautiful.  Turtle, on the other
hand, is more tomboyish and brainy.


Overall, then, Turtle
gets treated like second best because she is not as pretty and feminine as
Angela.

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