“The Pigman” In The Pigman by Paul Zindel, John is depicted as handsome, sneaky, mischievous, and stubborn. John is portrayed as being handsome when Lorraine stated that he looks very attractive. John displayed his sneakiness when he explained how the administration of Franklin High never caught him when he set off bombs in the boy’s restroom. John’s mischievous side revealed itself when he described how he pranked substitute teachers in his freshman year. Finally, John revealed his stubbornness when he refused to take out the trash when Lorraine nicely asked him to.
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First, Lorraine depicted John as being very handsome in The Pigman. In chapter 2 Lorraine stated, “And as you probably suspected, the reason John gets away with all these things is because he’s extremely handsome.” Lorraine later described John as six foot two, having long brown hair, and blue eyes. This characteristic really helped John in some of his wrongdoings. For example, a lady who worked for John’s school penciled him in as present no matter what; Lorraine believed this resulted from the lady being attracted to John. …show more content…
John proudly stated, “The reason I never got caught was because I used to take a tin can (that’s a firecracker, as if you didn’t know) and mold a piece of clay around it so it’d hold a candle attached to the fuse… Then I’d light the thing, and it’d take about eight minutes before the fuse got lit.” He also stated that the dean and the rest of the administration would run into the boy’s restroom and blamed the explosion on the boys who always smoked in the restroom. This quality held a great deal of importance to John. His sneakiness allowed him to avoid trouble when he committed his many
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First, Lorraine depicted John as being very handsome in The Pigman. In chapter 2 Lorraine stated, “And as you probably suspected, the reason John gets away with all these things is because he’s extremely handsome.” Lorraine later described John as six foot two, having long brown hair, and blue eyes. This characteristic really helped John in some of his wrongdoings. For example, a lady who worked for John’s school penciled him in as present no matter what; Lorraine believed this resulted from the lady being attracted to John. …show more content…
John proudly stated, “The reason I never got caught was because I used to take a tin can (that’s a firecracker, as if you didn’t know) and mold a piece of clay around it so it’d hold a candle attached to the fuse… Then I’d light the thing, and it’d take about eight minutes before the fuse got lit.” He also stated that the dean and the rest of the administration would run into the boy’s restroom and blamed the explosion on the boys who always smoked in the restroom. This quality held a great deal of importance to John. His sneakiness allowed him to avoid trouble when he committed his many