Essay On The Pigman

The Pigman by Paul Zindel was a very good book. It all started with two high school kids writing down their experiences with an old man, Mr. Pignati, known as the Pigman. They was a Highschool boy named John, and a Highschool girl named Lorraine. John was a very handsome boy, outgoing, funny, and he had an avocation to drink beer. John’s family treats him very infantile, and is always comparing him to his brother. Lorraine was very shy and had paranoia, she was very self conscious. Somehow those two managed to become best friends. The Pigman lived a very mundane lifestyle, and the kids met the Pigman by a prank. Their prank was to keep some random person talking on the phone for as long as possible. Lorraine picked the Pigman and said that …show more content…
John finally talked him into coming with them to the zoo because he hadn’t seen Bobo, the baboon, in so long. Even when they were at the zoo the Pigman wasn’t himself, he was depressed. When they finally got to where Bobo was, the only thing in there was a zoo worker. They asked where Bobo was and the worker said the baboon has been dead for a while because he died of pneumonia. Lorraine and John instantly realized how bad of a decision it was to come to the zoo and tried to get the Pigman down from standing on the railing and out of that area, but he wouldn’t …show more content…
Lorraine had to flee the area because she couldn’t be a witness and then her mom would be very angry at her and probably hit her again. John had someone call 911 and they got there in extreme proficiency, but he stayed with the dead man and asked him “Why did you have to die?”, but there was no response. The Pigman was taken by the ambulance and John met Lorraine on the bench outside of the monkey habitat. They ended up sitting on the bench for a while thinking about the entire situation. The one thing that was stuck in their minds was, “was it their