Death Of The Pigman By Paul Zindel

In the novel,” The Pigman” by Paul Zindel, two teenagers named John and Lorraine befriend the Pigman. Near the end, the Pigman suddenly passes away. Even though numerous things contributed to Mr. Pignati’s death, the stress of John & Lorraine’s party and Bobo the monkey’s death played the biggest part. John and Lorraine threw a party while Mr. Pignati was at the hospital, but near the end, Mr. Pignati unexpectedly arrived back home. When he walked in, he saw the pigs that he and his wife collected were destroyed, his house was a disaster, and one of his wife's dresses was ripped. Mr. Pignati was very upset and started crying. The things that reminded him of his wife were gone. The text says,”’ She’s dead,’ he said, wiping his tears with the large white handkerchief.” Since she’s gone they can no longer go out and buy more pigs. No one would spend their time gluing pigs back together just to have a memory. “Several other broken pigs were laying all over the floor, and the only thing I could think of at that moment was

Pignati if he wanted to go to the zoo and visit Bobo the monkey. He agreed to go, but when they arrived at the monkey exhibit they didn’t see Bobo. “‘Bobo died last week,’ the attendant said, still rolling up the hose.” Bobo was Mr. Pignati’s best friend and he visited Bobo every day that he could. He would visit Bobo with his wife, and they would feed him peanuts. Almost as soon as he heard the news about the baboon, he collapsed and died. “I saw the Pigman open his mouth, and then his hands started to shake. He went to grab hold of the railing, but let out a tiny cry almost like a puppy that had been stepped on by mistake… and before John or I knew what happened, the Pigman dropped to the floor… Mr. Pignati was dead.” The stress that had already been on him since being in the hospital, coming home to a mess from a party, and then adding the stress of his best friend passing away was probably too much on