The pigman

Many times in a story what the main characters say can reflect their personality and lifestyle. This is shown effectively in the memorial epic by Paul Zindel, The Pigman. Throughout this stunningly truthful story, John and Lorraine consistently say things that show just what type of people they are. In the memorial epic, The Pigman, John and Lorraine’s words really show their personality type. In the beginning of the story, when describing John, Lorraine say’s “John has made and art out of it. He prevaricates just for prevaricating’s sake.” What Lorraine is referring to is John’s tendency to make up stories in an attempt to make his life sound more interesting. The reason he does this is to make his life sound more exciting then it actually is. John is the type of person who craves attention so he believes by making these stories up more people will notice him. Later in the story Lorraine talks about her mother. She says, “ I can’t tell you what she’d do if I ever took anything, but she isn’t ashamed of what she does”. Lorraine is talking about how her mother “borrows” canned goods from her hospitals pantry. Her mother believes that by stealing these items she can make up for the hospital not paying her enough. Throughout the story John’s thoughts and words really bring him to life. While he is in a cemetery drinking and smoking, John says “I’m looking for anything to prove that when I drop dead there’s a chance I’ll be doing something a little more exciting than decaying.” This shows John’s curiosity about the futu

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