The Pigman Relationships

In this novel the Pigman by Paul Zindel, relationship(s) can be defined as, the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected, or the state of being connected. We will elaborate on the following relationship(s) of a) Parents b) Pigman and c) Peers.

Firstly, the connection between the parents and the kids isn’t the greatest, for John and his father they have a deep conflict when his father asks him to join the coffee exchange John’s reply is “I want to be an actor and his father's response is "Don't be a jackass" and "Thank God Kenneth isn't a lunatic", as for Lorraine and her mother relation is terrible because her mother would be selfishly wanting Lorraine to stay home and also mentally abusing Lorraine, she also spoke that “you are not pretty” and “you wear your clothes funny”.

Secondly, the bond between the kids and the Mr. Pignati is better than their parents, Mr. Pignati wouldn't criticize them, the way their parent do that why they love and hang out with him. they met Mr. Pignati when they prank called him as a charity fundraiser and after John when to collect the money from him. Bobo is a monkey in a zoo and also pigman's friend. the pigman's connection between Bobo is better than Lorraine and John's have with their parents. …show more content…
like most of us, we also have people we don't like talking, their association with Norton is like that it's on a negative side due to the fact that he has had a streak of stealing, like when he stole marshmallows and got caught, from then on everyone knew him as "The Marshmallow kid", also the time when he crashed the party Lorraine and John were hosting at pigman's house and he stole and broke the pigs in the pig room, well because of that he got some beating for it from