In the novel The Pigman by Paul Zindel, many themes appear throughout the book. However, the most prominent are: older people can be friends but shouldn't be looked at as parent figures, platonic relationships should stay strictly platonic, and the last main theme is: underage drinking and smoking are very harmful. Some of these are themes one might not expect to see in a book such as The Pigman, yet are as imminent as the characters themselves. The first theme involves older people and friendships with them. Since this book was mainly about kids making friends with an older man, examples are plentiful. The following is an example of John Conlan's poor relationship with his parents, because of the time he spent with Mr. Pignati: "My mother started her high frequency cackling, but it was Bore who got on my nerves."(pg.136). John doesn't even know what his parents told him, let alone care about it. However, if asked about his conversation with Mr. Pignati, John would tell everything with incredible accuracy. This shows that when you look up to your adult friends like a parent, your relationship with your actual parents begin to drift. The second theme from The Pigman is that platonic relationships should stay platonic and not become anything more. A good example of what happens can be found on page 108. In this segment, John and Lorraine are dressed up and they start goofing around and then they kiss. As soon as this happens, they both get really quiet and decide to go downstairs and eat dinner. Originally John and Lorraine were just friends, then as soon as it started to become something more, it became very uncomfortable and they quickly moved to something else. When two very good friends both know when something gets weird, it shows that both of them aren't ready to become more than Friends. The third theme runs throughout most of the novel. It's alcohol and how it effects under-age drinkers.
Setting: The Pigman's house, Franklin High School, and the zoo. ... Conchetta- The Pigman's dead wife. ... Soon Lorraine and John became very good friends with the Pigman. ... Lorraine and John started going over to the Pigman's house everyday. ... The Pigman came home during the party and was very upset. ...
Bobo played a big part in the Pigman's life. ... When they told him, the Pigman was not angry. ... It seemed they went to the Pigman's house every day. ... The Pigman skated after John, clomping up the stairs. ... John cared and felt horribly sorry for the Pigman. ...
Firstly the section that I feel that is least credible is the part where as soon as The Pigman finds out that Bobo had died he just drops dead just like that. ... "I saw the Pigman open his mouth, and then his hands started to shake. ... Another thing that is credible is how after they have the party they do actually realize that the Pigman is very upset. ...
The Pigman is one of the famous books of Paul Zindel. Pigman is some kind of the funny title but it is explained in the story. Pignati is the main character of the story; the "Pigman" is come from that name. ... Pigman want to give them 10 dollars right away without any suspicious. ... Paul Zindel had created a great characteristic in this story, doesn't matter it is true or not but it's a great story with a great character which is the Pigman. ...
RESPOPNSE The main characters in Paul Zindel's The Pigman, two high school Students named John and Lorraine, find out what this is like. By making a prank call they meet a lonely, old man named Angelo Pignati whom they come to call the Pigman. ... Their interactions with the Pigman somehow end up drawing them closer together. ... The Pigman treats them in a way that no other adult ever has before, including their parents. ... The secrets about the Pigman revealed throughout the novel, lead to this point. ...
The Pigman Theme Essay In the novel The Pigman by Paul Zindel, many themes appear throughout the book. ... As stated earlier all the examples were taken from the novel the pigman. ... This is clearly shown in The Pigman. ... The setting of The Pigman has no significance in the plot. ... Pignati whom they call The Pigman. ...
I have recently read a book called The Pigman. Two of the main characters throughout the book are John and Lorraine. In this book John and Lorraine have a lot of differences, however they also have some similarities. One of these similarities is that they both care for the pigman a lot. The pi...
The novel "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel has a great involvement in the topic of the good and the bad parts of life. The good parts of life could possibly mean constructive activities the result to the better and parts of life that could mean actions that have consequences. In this novel the good and t...
But he succeeded in a Cleteon story to the pigman Eumaeus; how he was Cleteon who had fought at Troy, and afterwards had been captured attempting a raid on Egypt; how he had managed to escape from Phoenicians, and after a shipwreck had made another escape, and found his way to Ithaca instead of the neighboring Island of Dulichiun, which he pretended that he was trying to reach. ...
