The Pigman Summary

The Pigman is a deep story with special characters. One of those characters is Lorraine Jensen, a smart girl who lives with her single mom. She is a responsible and caring girl, and a perfect example of the 40 Developmental Assets. These 40 Assets, created in 1990 by Search Institute, are fundamental to the growth of adolescents into mature adults. Each character in The Pigman has some of these Assets and lacks others. Lorraine may not have all of the Assets needed to be perfect, but she has an amazing character. She has Integrity and positive Other Adult Relationships, but she does not have Positive Peer Influence, which could greatly impact her future.

The next day, Lorraine and John try to call Mr.Pignati and he answers but, he doesn’t talk. After a couple moments later Lorraine and John decides that they should go to zoo. Mr.Pignati’s agrees and goes to the zoo with them and also see Bobo. When the got there Mr.Pignati was happy to see Bobo but learns that he’s not there he died from being sick. Shortly after Mr.Pignati has another heart attack. Lorraine and John write apology letter to the

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The Pigman was a story of many themes, but the most important one of all and the best fit for this book was friendship. It best fits this book because throughout the entire novel, it hints at the theme of friendship. The plot line indicates that this whole novel is based on friendship.

In the book the Pigman by Paul Zindel, two high school sophomores, John Conlan and Lorraine Jenson, tell the story of a friend who died. One day after school John and Lorraine, along with their friends Norton and Dennis, prank call a man named Angelo Pignati, pretending to be charity workers for a charity named the “L. and J. Fund”. During the prank call, Mr. Pignati kindly agrees to donate money to the fake charity. The following day, John and Lorraine go to Mr. Pignati’s house to collect the money. Mr. Pignati welcomes them with open arms, telling John and Lorraine to make themselves comfortable. Once done talking to John and Lorraine, Mr. Pignati invites them to come along with him to the zoo the next day. Then, as John and Lorraine

The 40 Developmental Assets are a series of communication methods, experiences, guides, characteristics, and skills that show a child a positive future and aid them later on in life. These beneficial assets help to prevent negative influence, future problems transitioning into adulthood, and provide better conditions of living, while helping youth gain college readiness, level emotions, and experience with internal and external situations. Both people living in the present world and fictional characters in any setting can exhibit the 40 Developmental Assets. The Pigman is a novel, written by Paul Zindel, in which The 40 Developmental Assets can be found, follows John and Lorraine, two adolescents growing up in the 1960s, who express the importance of friendship through their relationship with Mr. Pignati, an elderly man. John exhibits the assets of

I thought that the book was very good and had a lot of good life lessons. Some of the life lessons in The Pigman were to not take advantage of others and to not drink and smoke. In The Pigman, John and Lorraine throw a party at Mr. Pignati's house while he is in the hospital. This party leads to the breaking of Mr. Pignati's pigs and the ripping of one of Conchetta’s dresses. It also leads to Mr. Pignati not trusting John and Lorraine. This shows you to not take advantage of others and to always do things that will help you to keep or gain other’s trust. Also in The Pigman, John and some of his classmates drink and smoke. They spend most of their money on cigarettes and alcohol and John’s father has health issues caused by drinking. This shows you that drinking and smoking and is not only bad for your health, but it also is expensive and will get you into financial

John is a gorgeous, playful young man in his sophomore year who is a bit of an alcoholic. Lorraine is a smart serious sophisticated young lady who kind of got dragged into the Mr.Pignati thing but, ended up enjoying the experience ( for a while. She didn't like when he died, and she felt like it was her and John´s fault.) Lorraine felt more comfortable at his house than at her own. Mr. Pignati Angelo was a fun natured, loving, lonely old man. He misses his wife and is so excited to have new friends (John and Lorraine.)

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,

While reading The Pigman, I found myself connecting with several of the novel’s themes quite well and, although I can’t say I grew with the characters as the pages went by, I can say that the book is a great read for someone grieving as the book deals quite a bit with death. By the completion of The Pigman, Lorraine and John are well acquainted with the reality of death and have shown the reader different methods of coping when a person in your life has passed. As expressed in the book, we all have ways of dealing with death and we sometimes create ways of escaping or denying the truth. This statement is true for for all three main characters, but especially for Mr. Pignati. He was living in denial about the death of his wife,

The Pigman is a realistic fiction written by author Paul Zindel. By the end of this book the two main characters (John and Lorraine) both learn that everything you do has a consequence. They realize that in the end you have to own up to your mistakes; there’s no where to escape and hide and no one else to hold accountable except yourself; you control how your life ends up and what you do during it. Most teens don’t realize that with every choice you make and chance you take comes a repercussion. At the climax of things John and Lorraine both become conscious of the fact that it’s too late to go back and change anything that's happened. This is an advantageous lesson for readers at any age to learn. We need to know that we have to think about

The Pig man & me, is an autobiography by Paul Zindel. It was first published in 1990 by Bantam Star fire. The characters in this story is only three person the mother her son and her daughter, are you asking yourself why the pig man is not a character in this story because it is not a real character that kind of thing is an imaginary friend of Frankie . The pig man Frankie’s friend in mind but this made Frankie’s real for him. When he starts his adventure pig man didn’t fail him in every time that she went in his factionary mind. When franks getting older and older the pig man was getting lost .one time he did not see his pig man he thought that his pig man is already lost but what she did not know is his pig man is still their

In the beginning of the story John and Lorraine are prank calling people and they happen to run across Mr.Pignati’s number in the phone book. Lorraine calls Mr.Pignati and tell him she works for a charity. Lorraine starts wondering if the old man is depressed or just in need of someone to talk to. Lorraine asks Mr.Pignati if he wants to donate money to the “charity” and he said he would donate but Lorraine feels bad for using him. John says it fine and he cashes in the check that Mr.Pignati gave them. Lorraine doesn’t feel right about taking the money so she goes to the zoo with him and John, Mr. Pignati enjoyed the zoo. The three of them end up spending a lot of time together and Mr.Pignati buys the kids things because he thankful for the

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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.