Show how the relationship between Lorraine, John and Mr. Pignati changed throughout the novel "The Pigman" by Zindel.

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Show how the relationship between Lorraine, John and Mr. Pignati changed throughout the novel “The Pigman” by Zindel.

  Paul Zindel’s book “The Pigman” is a novel about two children, Lorraine and John, and an old man called Mr. Pignati.

 

The two children are young and are growing up in the United States of America, around the 19th century. The novel states this because it uses American expressions and the whole atmosphere of it has an American feel to it. The American images used are words such as “sophomore”(the first year at school or collage), “tin can”(a firework), “candy”(sweets). There were also other clues to which country the novel was based on, such as the money used and the types of food mentioned.

John and Lorraine meet Mr. Pignati through playing a telephone game and John’s immaturity. The telephone game is where you have to keep someone on the phone for as long as possible and whoever stays on the phone the longest time, wins.

 

John played this game and had to phone Mr. Pignati. He made up a story that he was part of a charity and asked Mr. Pignati if he would like to donate some money. Mr. Pignati agreed to donate and gave John his home address so he could go and collect the money. John, being immature, persuaded his best friend Lorraine, to go with him to get the money. He was being very selfish because Mr. Pignati is an old and friendly man who just needs a friend. This is because he is lonely. He had a wife called Conchetta but she had died, what seems to the reader a long time ago. If she were still alive, he wouldn’t be so lonely. He was finding it difficult to cope with life on his own.

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Mr. Pignati is called “The Pigman” because he used to collect and buy ornamental pigs for his wife, as she loved them. He now has a large collection of them in his dining room. He may have kept them to keep the memories of his wife, to try and overcome his loneliness.

Mr. Pignati is a very kind man. He smiles all the time around Lorraine and John and doesn’t get angry over anything. He has a glazed look in his eyes, which suggests that he was longing for his wife and missed her dearly. No ...

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