The
Pigman

Theme

CHARACTERS

Angelo Pignati/The Pigman
John and Lorraine came across Mr Pignati when doing a prank call, but as soon as they heard him they felt bad. They later become friends and figure out that his wife is dead and he's been alone for a while.

Lorraine Jensen
Lorraine is a teen girl who is friends with John. She doesn't really want trouble and tries to help out people. She tries in school and gets good grades. Her mum is a single mum who is also a nurse.

John Conlan
John is an on edge kid who wants to be an actor when he grows up. He has a hate relationship with his family and he will lie a lot and toy with people. He doesn't really care about school and will get into fights often

Conflict


  1. Norton threatens to go to Mr Pignati's house.
  2. Mr Pignati has a stroke
  3. Johns gets arrested at the party
  4. Mr Piganti Dies?

Side Characters

Lorrainses mum

Boar/Johns Dad

Tropes

Bad-Boy

Star Crossed Lovers

Dysfunctional Families

The Old Lady

Norton

Dennis

Setting/Time

The area they are set in is in New York City but in a smaller part

The time in this book was around the 1960's. They didn't have cell phones and had to use

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Plot


  1. They meet Mr Pignati on the phone
  2. They get to know Mr Pignati
  3. Mr Pignati has a stroke
  4. Mr Pignati dies in the zoo

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How parents sometimes think their kids are still 5 and can't be independent

Not everyone is who they seem to be

Death has its toll and people can live forever thinking about it

Bobo

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[John:] "There was no one else to blame anymore. No Bores or Old Ladies or Nortons, or Assassins waiting at the bridge. And there was no place to hide—no place across any river for a boatman to take us."

[John:] "Our life would be what we made of it—nothing more, nothing less."