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The Pigman - Life is about the good and the bad

The novel “The Pigman” by Paul Zindel has a great involvement in the topic of the good and the bad parts of life. The good parts of life could possibly mean constructive activities the result to the better and parts of life that could mean actions that have consequences. In this novel the good and the bad was shown by all characters of the novel, particularly by our two main characters John and Lorraine and on a short occasion Mr Pignati.

Our main character John expresses the good parts of life particularly to another main character Lorraine. Lorraine idolises and seems to have a crush on him and John knows it. “I noticed him the very first day mainly because of his eyes.” (Pg11). Even though sometimes he used that as an advantage he was also aware of how it could affect her feelings. One morning on the school bus Lorraine was sitting alone in a seat and John decided to sit next to her. They began talking and through this conversation they gained a friendship.

John and Lorraine showed the same type of good to Mr Pignati. Their first impression of him wasn’t quite positive however once the two had sat down and spoke to him they


Another bad, possibly the worst event that was once again by John and Lorraine was the Party. The party took place after Mr Pignati had been taken to hospital after suffering a heart attack. Although he survived it was said that he would have to be in hospital for a few weeks. This led John and Lorraine to the idea to “have a few friends over for drinks tonight.”(Pg117). The real problem was that they wanted to have these friends over at Mr Pignati’s house whilst he was gone. The house ended up getting completely smothered in filth and trash by both the invited and uninvited teenagers there. Old clothes were ripped souvenirs were broken and furniture was ruined and then Mr Pignati came home early. This was truly a act of life’s bad effects.

Lorraine is also a victim of the explicit usage of life’s bad effects. Besides the fact that both Lorraine and John lie through their teeth all the time, they also basically stole from Mr Pignati. When Lorraine and John were getting involved in yet another phone marathon, a game that consists of looking in a phone book and calling a random name whilst posing for a sort of company, asking them fo

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