About this title: High school sophomores John Conlon and Lorraine Jensen, both unhappy at home, spend their free time playing pranks on strangers. When one of their schemes brings them in contact with the elderly Mr. Pignati, who calls himself "the Pigman," the pair befriends the lonely man. Although the friendship enriches all of their lives, John and Lorraine ...
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"Being a bored sophomore can lead to many things. In this book, Lorraine and John are bored and have nothing better to do but to prank call people. To them this is a game, which they randomly pick anyone from the yellow pages. Once they picked someone they call (Mr. Pignati), as Lorraine called she faked to be Miss Truman, with a British accent, of the Howard avenue Charity. She faked the charity name and said it was called Lorraine and John fun (L&J), and asked for a donation. Mr. Pignati didn't say no to them, but they did ask them to go to pick the donation themselves. They end up going to his house frequently and they start feeling more comfortable, but as they feel more comfortable and have no problem going. Once they finally go and have no problem something happens to Mr. Pignati. If you like prank calling, read this book!"
"The main theme in this book was guilt. It was played out between the main characters, Lorraine and John, who were high school sophomores and Mr. Pignati, who was a lonely old man that live in Lorraine's neighborhood. The first time that John and Lorraine felt guilty was when they lied and took money from Mr. Pignati. To make themselves and Mr. Pignati feel better, they agreed to go to the zoo with him. If they would have disagreed to go to the zoo with Mr. Pignati, they would not have gotten the chance to get to know him and they would have never written their story. Once again Lorraine felt guilty because Mr. Pignati was continuously spending his money on the two kids beacause they had been lying about their identities. Another incident that caused Lorraine and John to feel guilty was when they encouraged Mr. Pignati to put on roller skates. Due to their encouragement, Mr. Pignati fell down the stairs and had a heart attack. They felt as though, this was their fault. Mr. Pignati had almost died because of them. Soon Mr. Pignati died and this topped it all off. Lorraine and John had gotten so close to Mr. Pignati, and then he died. Throughout the story, John and Lorraine went through events that made them feel guilty. They did a lot of things to not only Mr. Pignati but to others that either were wrong or caused trouble. They finally realized all their mistakes when Mr. Pignati died. This book taught me that you should always be ready to take the consequences for your actions. Everyone feels guilty sometimes and this book shows great examples of it."
"I read this book because I had to read it over the summer for school. I enjoyed reading this book because many, if not all, of te students could probably understand and relate to it. The author wrote this book from a teenagers point of view to show us directly how the protagonist, John and Laurraine, felt and thought. The author most likely wanted us to take a away the lesson of respecting others and things around you because at any given moment, they could be taken away from you. I would recommend this book to any teenager because all teenagers go through the same phase of taking life for granted. If I had to sum up this book in one sentence, I would say that this book is a overflowing tower of everyday scandels that can be avoided. Basically what I'm trying to say is that, this book shows that everyone make ordinary mistakes that can be easily avoided with the littlest change of heart."
"The Pigman by Paul Zindel is an interesting book in that it follows the life of 2 kids that meet a strange old man. They meet the man after trying to solicit money from him, but instead befriend him, and become "more comfortable in his home than their own". The author's style of writing is unique in that he divides narration as first-person, but from two different people. John and Lorraine, the 2 main characters, alternatively describe their relationship with "the Pigman". As a result, this book reminds me of "A Bone from the Dry Sea", because of the 2 alternating perspectives. However, I think that the author could have improved this book by adding another narration by Mr. Pignati (AKA the Pigman) himself. This would have been an interesting twist to the story, to see how Mr. Pignati thinks about the two kids. Overall, I like the author's writing style, and how the story unfolds after each chapter."
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