The Pigman Summary

Throughout the novel The Pigman John and his parents don’t even come close to displaying a healthy relationship. Mr. Conlan (John’s Father) frequently becomes angry with John and the choices he makes for himself during the book. During dinner one night the position of the discussion starts to focus on John and what he is going to do with his future. Then John says “ I’m thinking of becoming an actor.” Mr. Conlan follows up with “Don’t be a Jackass.” (p.74). This immediately makes John feel angry towards his Father. This makes John look childish and inadequate to make valuable choices in life. John’s father wants him to be more masculine and have a safe an reliable job that can support a family. Another display of an unhealthy relationship is

Throughout the story John’s thoughts and words really bring him to life. While he is in a cemetery drinking and smoking, John says “I’m looking for anything to prove that when I drop dead there’s a chance I’ll be doing something a little more exciting than decaying.” This shows John’s curiosity about the future. John seems like the kind of person that is always eager to learn new things. At the very end of the story John says “They build their own cages, we could almost hear the Pigman whisper, as he took his children with him.” What John means is that many people in general build their own “cage” and they only let certain people in. In the story John, Lorraine and Mr. Pignati did just this. They each lived in their own separate worlds until they met each other. When they met they opened each other’s eyes to the outside world. In the last part of the quote John is describing how when Mr. Pignati died he took John and Lorraine’s childhood with him. When the three of them were together they acted like children. Mr. Pignati was like the father they never had and when he died a part of them died as well.

     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

A Pig’s Perspective is about one pig’s revenge on barbecue. A Pig’s Perspective is a very humorous personal story from Pollan. It is a tale of his pet pig, Kosher. Kosher escaped one summer day and followed the scent of a barbecue at a neighbor’s yard. He knocked over the barbecue grill and made off with the meat that was being cooked. His neighbor found the pig’s transgression very comical. Pollan suggests that the deed was the pig’s vengeance.

Has a friend or family member recently had a life altering hardship which affected their lifestyle? In the Book “The Pigman” by Paul Zindel there were many examples of hardships that led to a changing of the character’s feelings, attitude and lifestyle. Such changes are like chunks of snow on a paved, smooth road. They are bumps which alter one’s view for moments, but when the bump is surpassed one can see clearly again and are back on the smoothly paved road. Throughout the story, many ice chunks were overcome. For example, Concetta died, Lorraine’s dad cheated on her mom, and Lorraine and John threw a party. Ultimately, these events resulted in the changing of character traits. Hardships can make a big change in someone’s lifestyle.

John was confronted with much adversity during the novel The Pigman, but the asset of Caring was very prominent throughout. In this novel John befriends an old man named Mr. Pignati and throughout the novel they grow very close, almost like family. A certain time in the book comes to where Mr. Pignati is being threatened and John becomes very protective. “I knew I’d kill Norton if he tried to hurt the old man.” (Zindell 95) Throughout the book Mr. Pignati has been nothing but kind to John and in turn, John is returning the favor by trying to protect him which shows that he is caring and benevolent. Throughout the book John also is described as caring by his best friend, Lorraine Jensen. She cares for him and he in turn cares for her. “It is a fact that John has compassion deep inside of him,...” (Zindell 11). Lorraine is able to

The Pigman, by Paul Zindel, is a recount of preceding circumstances narrated by John Conlan and Lorraine Jensen, who are two sophomores at Franklin High School. Recently, their unanticipated friend Mr. Pignati has died, and they are attempting to tell the story of how they met him, and what happened after. When Lorraine and John first met they were on the bus, and they had become friends by default. John and Lorraine were both outcasts, and did not tend to fit in with a certain group of people. Lorraine had lots of anxiety about everything she did. Part of this anxiety may have stemmed from her mother, as her mother had an extreme distrust in men. John however, seemed to not care what anyone felt about him. His parents seem to not trust him,

"Duties Done", a piece from The Pig that Wants to Be Eaten, explores the difference between a fulfilled promise and an unfulfilled one. "Duties Done" is a short story about four characters, Hew, Drew, Lou, and Sue. The family all promised their mother that they would regularly write letting her know how everything was going during their expedition around the world. It is here where the question arises of whether the children actually kept their promise. Even though they promised frequent written updates on their travels, none of them actually arrived and their mother never received any updates. Though each child did write to their mom, Lou and Sue were the only children whom actually made a sincere effort to fulfill the promise to their mother.

In The Pigman, by Paul Zindel, there are two main characters named John Conlan and Lorraine Jenson. They have two ingrate friends named Norton and Dennis. All of these teens go to Franklin High where John is titled the Bathroom Bomber. John never got caught when setting bombs off in the bathroom because they took time before they actually went off. Lorraine was new to the school when she met John. Lorraine had a great deal of anxiety when sitting near John on the bus. After school, on Wednesday afternoons, the four friends would meet at Dennis’ house to have a telephone marathon. The point of telephone marathon was to see how long one could keep a stranger talking on the phone. Some of the calls put them in predicaments, such as the call that

The Pigman, by Paul Zindel, is narrated by John Conlan and Lorraine Jensen, who are two sophomores at Franklin High School. Recently, their unexpected friend Mr. Pignati has died, and they are attempting to tell the story of how they met him, and what happened after. When Lorraine and John first met they were on the bus, and they had become friends by default. John and Lorraine were both outcasts, and did not tend to fit in with a certain group of people. Their lack of interest in both school and other activities draws them towards each other and to two other boys named Dennis and Norton with bad reputations amongst other classmates. The families of John and Lorraine are not accepting of their kids and do not allow them to enjoy their youth or freedom. Because of this, John and Lorraine tend to try to escape from their families. John and Lorraine, along with their two deadbeat friends Dennis and Norton, find themselves playing a game where they call a number attempt to keep them on the phone as long as they can. Lorraine picked a number and started to tell prevarications about how she was from a charity asking for money. She had called Mr. Pignati. He had seemed very nice, but also lonely. At the end of the call he offered to donate them money and told them to pick it up at his house. The next day, John and Lorraine traveled to Mr. Pignati’s house where they seemed very welcome and were comfortable. Mr. Pignati proudly displayed his collection of ceramic pigs to John and Lorraine, and explained that he and his wife Coachetta had began collecting them

Piggy has many good ideas in the first chapter. When all the kids are gathering Piggy goes to everyone and asks them there name so he could figure out who is who and what job they should do. ““We got most names,” said Piggy. “Got ’em just now.”” When Ralph is trying to get everyone in one common location Piggy has the idea to go around and ask names so he could make a list of all the people who survived and make a job list so it the kids will be organized. While in the water Piggy found a shell. “We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. They’ll come when they hear us—”. When they find the shell Piggy tells Ralph about the shell and then that they could try and use it to call the other kids and make a meeting. These are some

Unlike any other days, a Piggy Dax and his wife-Pigga who have been working as the fortune tellers for passers-by in the mall through lies for money. One day, there home was being robbed by the Foxy gang while were telling lies to a guest. Ten minutes after the rob, the neighbors-Mr.Sheep, Mrs.Goat, and Missy Bird contacted the Eagle Police Department and so they came to Piggy Dax’s house and took a report from the witnesses. On the other hand, one of the officers tried to find their work place when Missy Bird told the officer that they’re the fortune tellers at the Penniless Mall. The officer came, and approached Pigga Dax and his wife to tell them about the problem at their house. The Eagle officer told the married couple that their house

In the book The Pigman, Lorraine and John become friends at school. They set up a plan to go to Mr. Pignati’s house and act as charity workers to get money from him. Mr. Pignati is very nice, but lonely. He takes John and Lorraine to the zoo, and shares many things with them. He even shows them his collection of ceramic pigs that started as a joke with his wife. They nickname him the “Pigman”. They learn that he has a baboon at the zoo that he calls his friend, and his name is Bobo. John and Lorraine grow very close to Mr. Pignati. He spends money on them on items such as food, gifts, and roller skates. After learning that his wife had died, John and Lorraine feel guilty, and admit that they aren’t really charity workers. To cheer him up,

he main characters in The Pigman are Lorraine Jenson , John Conlan ,an dMr.Pignati.Lorraine Jeson is one of the two narrorators of the novel. She is a sophmore attending Franklin High School. She can be very observant , but mischeivious too.Lorraine also suffers from low self esteem because of her mothers verbal abuse.She is a wonderful girl with a abd background john tells us. The books discribes her with nothing else but her striking green eyes. John Conlanis a troubled boy as he tells us in his first chapter. He has an alcohol problem which leads to his lies and manipulatoive behavior. He is vein and and made and made a direct commnt about his fabulous eyes. Lorraine told us he is about six foot tall, brown hair, and fabulous blue eyes.

Mr. Pignati was a jolly man who loved life and everyone. He was never ungrateful or an antagonistic kind of guy. One day John and Lorraine did their game and prank called Mr. Pignati one afternoon. They said they were apart of a charity called the L&J fund, they even prevaricated their names too! When they went to pick up the money Mr. Pignati was giving to them, they were communicating to Mr. Pignati as if they’ve been best friends since Elementary when really this is their first time meeting, in person. Lorraine could see that he was a lonely guy. Since he was lonely, all three of them went to the zoo and saw animals. Mr. Pignati shows them every animal and even his best friend he sees everyday. John is like an owl because he’s like nocturnal.