Developmental Assets In Paul Zindel's The Pigman

Without cloudy days the sun wouldn’t be appreciated as much. In Lord of The Flies, the character Piggy acts as a foil to Ralph, the main character, to accentuate how great a leader he is. This is shown through their appearances, how they interact with each other, and the state they are in by the end of the novel. The relationship the two share illuminates the the meaning the book’s meaning that / a person has to be the best to survive in society or lack thereof. / a person can’t have to many flaws otherwise You need to stay civilized to survive. Only the best of the best can survive in society.

"Piggy saw the smile and misinterpreted it as friendliness. There had grown up tacitly among the biguns the opinion that Piggy was an outsider, not only by accent, which did not matter, but by fat, and ass-mar, and specs, and a certain disinclination for manual labour." (Golding 68)

Socially and Emotionally the family is a big influence in a child’s development. Parents have a big role by providing care and guidance for their development. Unfortunately some families cannot promote the development of a child because of the conflict among the parents. A single parent can have difficulties in boosting a better development in children and young people, sometimes a child is separated from its siblings and this can affect them too.

Many times in a story what the main characters say can reflect their personality and lifestyle. This is shown effectively in the memorial epic by Paul Zindel, The Pigman. Throughout this stunningly truthful story, John and Lorraine consistently say things that show just what type of people they are.

"Ever since I was a child, I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one 's potential"(Bruce Lee). I think this quote pertains greatly to how children grow up. The Assignment purpose was to observe a child between the ages of 2 and 16. Human Development is important because it shows what you can identify. For example, if there is anything wrong with your child or if your child is more developed than others. Plus, there is so much that you can learn from observing the child from how they react in their environment and around people. If you know what to look for in human develop it greatly helps in knowing what to do with a child when you least expect it.

     Piggy in the beginning of the book was using his common sense, he was intelligent, he knew what was right from wrong, and he could condone things that made him angry easily. In the beginning of the book, (pg. ) Ralph told everyone his name was Piggy even though Piggy specifically told Ralph that he didn't like to be called that name Piggy later condoned Ralph's action with great ease. Piggy's action's and behavior depended on his glasses. Piggy and his glasses symbolized intelligence, he represents the rational side of civilization. With the glasses it seemed as though Piggy made all the right choices, and he helped Ralph know what needed to be done with the tribe. Without his

However, with her alcoholic dad who rarely kept a job and her mother who suffered mood swings, they had to find food from her school garbage or eat expired food they had previously when they had the slightest bit of money. In addition, when bills and mortgage piled up, they would pack their bags and look for a new home to live in, if they could even call it a stable home, since they would be on the move so often. Jeanette needed a dad who wouldn’t disappear for days at a time, and a mom that was emotionally stable, but because she didn’t have that, she grew up in an environment where she would get teased or harassed for it. Jeanette suffered so much, that even at one point, she tried convincing her mother to leave her father because of the trouble he had caused the family already. A child should be able to depend on their parents for food and to be there for them when they need it, and when that part of a child’s security is taken away, it leaves them lost and on their own, free and confused about what to do next.

Provide a brief intro in which you identify the character whose life became brighter once the Pigman entered it:

According to Erik Erikson, trust versus mistrust is the first crisis people deal with. The crisis starts during infancy and its outcome depends on the stability and care of the infant. If the infant is taken care of, the they will develop a sense of trust in others, if they are not properly taken care of, they will begin to mistrust others (McLeod). While this is a crisis experienced by most during infancy, Lori Walls is currently reliving this crisis as her mother, the person who is supposed to take care of her, is now failing to take care of her and betraying her trust. Thus, Lori could now begin to lose trust in others and may become more isolated, which would lead her to fail the crisis of intimacy versus isolation, further regressing her development. Additionally, Lori Walls has had her money stolen from her by her own father. According to Lori Wall, she had had a desire to leave her family and live in New York and had begun to raise money to finance her trip. However, Lori’s father not only mocked her for this desire, but also stole her money before she could raise enough money to leave Welch and move to New York (Walls

Connie’s habit of constantly looking to make sure she still looks good is a huge piece of proff that connie is insecure. Connie describes her beauty as “everything”. This shows that Connie would feel like she was nothing if it were not for her beauty. She would essentially feel worthless without it. Being insecure makes a person very susceptible to the will of others.

Although Lorraine is missing Self-esteem and Positive Peer Influence she is very Caring, asset number twenty-six. Caring is when a teenager or person places high value on helping other people. Another example is how she doesn't think it is right to take money from the Pigman. For instance, Lorraine says, “ ‘Because it’s wrong to take money from an old man, that’s why,’ ”(30). This shows that Lorraine feels like if they were to take the money from the Pigman that she would be taking advantage of him. This also shows that she is caring because if she takes the money it’s wrong because there is no real reason to take it if they are just going to keep it for themselves. In addition to, “I tried to explain to him how dangerous it was, particularly smoking, and even went to the trouble of finding a case history similar to his in a book by Sigmund Freud,”(8). This is very caring because she went through so much trouble to find something that would help John Conlan, who is her best friend in the

Her lack in confidence causes a confusion which causes this because confusion will make someone’s thoughts differently and there will be a time when they does whatever other does because they don’t come up with reason. In passage, it says, “That’s when I know all I have to do is push her a little further and I’ll get what I want.” (P 34) Being easily persuaded is another shorter word for saying doing what others are doing without your opinions. This means that if Lorraine got persuaded, she doesn’t have her thoughts in the action that she actually wants to take. After all, she gets herself into the actions that she actually don’t want to take and become anxious. I think this is imperfect part of Lorraine because without overcoming this, she won’t ever act the way she wants to act which won’t be her true

Some things that we talked about concerning the relationship between teenagers and older people that I didn’t know is how similar some older people are to younger people. In most of the stories and movies that we read/watched, the older people were as playful and energetic as their younger companions. For example, the Pigman was running around and roller skating with John and Lorraine. I have always thought of older people as being tired and cranky most of the time. Another thing that I had not realized is how much younger people look up to older people. I knew that older people had some effect on younger people’s lives, but I did not realize how much of an impact it really was. An example of this is in Where Pigeons Go to Die. Hugh grows up to be almost exactly like his grandfather was. He lives in the same house and flies pigeons with his grandson, just like Dodd did with him.

In both the stories the heroines are the narrators of the book. Marie Darrieussieq was a French novelist. She wrote the pig tale which was her one of the funniest book. Mainly this book is based on “BEAUTY IS A BEAST”. In the main protagonist of her own story she found that she slowly transforming in the animal. The nature of the pig here, is the big idea she took in which protagonist transforms herself. During this feminist aspect is on the sideway considered and another thing was the political change that happened in the place in France. They continued its considering in the Islam and the Islamic culture. Moreover, the protagonist was a white woman who dreams of the comfortable life sharing with her male. While reading the book the reader is unable to find the name of girl in the story. She mentions her the and her boyfriend own name as well about the testimony about events in his life. Yet the name was very important task that she failed to fulfil it. Moreover, in the end of the story. Coming up to the plot, its is developed on the simple lines. The most important task she blamed was symptoms on an unwanted pregnancy and subsequently she gets abortion. Her body changes were not disappeared yet and they get more and more visible. The young seem he as repulsive. She became homeless whereas she became homeless. She was arrested by the animal control unit the she turned to a sow with a new lifestyle. Around that time, she meets with the greedy politician.

She is relentlessly defiant toward adults and keeps a hard exterior that is resistant to letting anyone come forth to break her shell. With knowledge beyond her years, she uses that as a sort of power mechanism over the adults in her life. This system has proven in her past to leave others at a loss of action towards her which ultimately brings her satisfaction. She has so much distrust in the adults in her life as well as her peers. This can directly relate to the fact that her mom had abandoned her at a young age, leaving her to make rounds in the foster care system. She had no true sense of what a home was or a feeling of belonging which she believed that she would find in a biological