The two main characters in The Pigman are John Conlan and Lorraine Jensen. John is a rebellious teenager who doesn’t appreciate being controlled, but aside from that John has a wild imagination. His arrogant, cocky, and rude attitude which he displays to everyone aside from Lorraine just blankets his imagination and tender side. And the tough demeanor he has toward everyone is just focused on himself he never really hated anyone. In the Pigman by Paul Zindel, Lorraine states, “He pretends he doesn’t care about anything in the world, and he’s always ready with some outrageous remark, but if you ask me, any real hostility he has is directed against himself.(Zindel 9)” It seems as though he hides from his real self he is impulsed of himself more
