Death In The Pigman

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In The Pigman, by Paul Zindel, two teenagers named John and Lorraine become friends with an older man they call the Pigman. Several characters in the book die or have been dead to begin with. Death is a part of life.

Unlike most characters in the Pigman Lorraine’s dad was dead to begin with. Lorraine’s dad left soon after he married her mom, demo after he left he died. Lorraine said, “Maybe they didn’t ever really love each other.”

Bobo is a baboon at the local zoo. The Pigman absolutely loved Bobo they were best friends, but even he died of pneumonia. A zoo attendant told the Pigman, “Bobo died last week.” this made the Pigman very upset.

The oldest character in this book, the “Pigman”, died in an unforeseen turn of events. The Pigman

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