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The Symbolism Of 'Irony In The Pigman'

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The story the Pigman is about to highschoolers named John and Lorraine who befriended the Pigman after playing a joke on him. They had pretended to be charity workers and convinced him to donate $10. They continued going to his house when they could and eventually became good friends. Once they had started going over regularly they would go out to places like stores, zoos, and lots of other places. By the time they had become really good friends they had forgotten to tell Mr Pignati that they were just high schoolers and not charity workers. It didnt bother him as their friendship had grown much more than they all had imagined. They one day went out and bought roller skates, john and lorraine had rode their skates out of the store as the pigman

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