The Pigman Analysis Essay Example

life on his own. 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 matter what he was doing, he couldn't seem to forget her: as if he was responsible for her death; he felt guilty and was blaming himself for it. The glazed look also seemed to tell you that there was either something wrong or he was just continually imagining his wife being with him.

After John and Lorraine had met Mr. Pignati, they slowly became good friends. Mr. Pignati began to trust Lorraine and John. Mr. Pignati also had a friend at the zoo called Bobo. Bobo was a baboon. Until he had met the children, Mr. Pignati's only friend was Bobo and he would go and see him everyday. He talked to Bobo as if the animal were human. This is called anthropomorphism. This shows how lonely Mr. Pignati really was. He was desperate for more friends and more company. The children and Bobo filled in the gap in Mr. Pignati's life, where his wife had been.

Lorraine and John do not have good relationships with their parents. Lorraine and John are always getting into trouble. This is

a clear contrast to the good relationship they have with Mr. Pignati Lorraine's attitude towards her mother was as if she was a sweet, innocent child. She did not behave badly around her mother because her mother seemed to be quite a strict person. If she did do anything wrong her mother would make sure she was punished appropriately. Her mothers view on Lorraine was the sweet and innocent child that Lorraine portrayed to her.

Her mother thought this right until the end of the novel, when the police bring Lorraine home for having a big party at Mr. Pignati's house. Lorraine came home wearing Mr. Pignati's wife's clothes, which showed that she was part of the party and was trusted by Mr. Pignati. When Lorraine got inside the house she tried to explain to her mother her side of the story but her mother did not accept it. She was cross and surprised at Lorraine's disobedient and deceitful behavior. John's attitude towards his parents was as if he hated his parents and wanted to cause them as much trouble and grief as possible.

His attitude was disgusting towards his parents; for example, when he filled the telephone with superglue so that his father couldn't ring out. His mother and father told him off. John tried to cover up what he had done by trying to blame what happened on his auntie, who was dead. This made his mother upset and angry because she knew that he was lying and she knew that he was being rude and disrespectful to his auntie. The characteristics of Lorraine and John at the beginning of the novel were like that

of a small child, trying to find something exiting to do.

They seemed to be about 10 or 11 years of age. Later on in the novel, Zindel had written it as though they had suddenly grown up, especially after they had kissed. They seemed more mature and acted more grown up. They thought about their actions, instead of doing things without thinking then realizing what they had done wrong. They also started to care and think about the effect their actions and behavior had on other people. Zindel also described their change in appearance. John began to gel and comb his hair whereas before he didn't. Lorraine had a smarter way of dressing.