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The Pigman Paul Zindel Analysis

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“The Pigman” by Paul Zindel is an entertaining, easy to understand story. It has a good plot, realistic characters, and should be read by everyone!
The Pigman takes place in a small town sometime between the 1970’s-1990’s.
The story follows two high school students, John, an attractive boy who wants to be an actor, despite his father wanting him to work for the family business, and Lorraine, a smart girl who’s the daughter of an emotionally manipulative single mother.
While pretending to be charity workers, John and Lorraine meet Angelo Pignati, and a bond is formed. Mr. Pignati is so much unlike their parents, and they love it. He values them and actually seems to care about them. The friendship is beneficial for both of them, since Mr.
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