Short Summary Of The Pigman By Paul Zindel

The Pigman by Paul Zindel is about the lives of an old man, Mr.Pigman, and two teenagers, John and Lorraine. John and Lorraine were two “normal” children that went to school and had a rough time in their homes. The growing bond between John and Lorraine all started when one day John and Lorraine met on the school bus one morning. Due to the fact that the first time they met was on a school bus, there was no room for mortification to occur. Soon after, John started getting himself into trouble at school. Basically, John started setting off small explosives of all sorts during the afternoon hours of the day, which then lead him to receive the nickname “Bathroom Bomber.” On the other hand, Lorraine was a very well-rounded young lady that wrote as an avocation. As the

two became closer friends, they related on different levels and hung out all the time. Often times when John and Lorraine hung out at night they would play the “Telephone Game.” In doing so, John and Lorraine came across an old man named The Pigman or also known as Mr. Pignati. At the time, Mr. Pignati was home alone, which made it very easy for Lorraine because Mr. Pignati was very lonely and needed someone to talk to. It was said by Mr. Pignati that his wife was on vacation in California at that time. Since Lorraine convinced Mr. Pignati that she was a charity worker, she got him to donate ten dollars to their “fund,” and little did Mr. Pignati know, their “fund” was a total provocation. Because they had said they were with a charity, John and Lorraine had to follow through by stopping by Mr. Pignati’s house to collect the ten dollars he was donating to their “fund.” Seeing what has already happened between them, the teenagers have no idea what may be coming their way in the future.
Feeling guilty, John and Lorraine started to hang out with Mr.

Pignati a lot more often. The first time they met caused John and Lorraine an extreme amount of anxiety, because they knew taking money from an old and lonely man for no reason was really wrong. Knowing that taking the money from Mr. Pignati was wrong, Lorraine became very ingrate, which caused John and Lorraine to get into a slight argument. As the three started spending more time together, Mr. Pignati invited to take a trip to the zoo with him. Mr. Pignati used to always go to the zoo with his wife, until she went on “vacation” in California. During the trip to the zoo, Lorraine experienced many uneasy moments. Having said that, one of the uneasy moments Lorraine experienced was when she saw a lady that dissed everybody that got in her way. Another uneasy situation was when Lorraine saw a peacock cocking at everyone as if they had just harmed them or it was in a large amount of pain. Continuing, seeing children at the nocturnal bat section made Lorraine feel uneasy because it shot her bad memories of her past. Based what had already occurred, Lorraine had no idea where the friendship would go, but she knew it wasn't going to always be

easy.
As the bond between John, Lorraine, and Mr. Pignati was becoming strong and passionate, so was the friendship between John’s friends, Denise and Norton. To receive more information about the friendship between Denise and Norton, John went to the cemetery with Norton a few days before Thanksgiving. Being they were in a grave all John could think of during their conversation was how putrid the dead body resting under him was. One of the topics that came up while John and Norton were conversing was when John used to play with dolls, because of people knowing that, he tried to seem very manly now. On the flip side, Norton recently got into stealing valuable items from people's houses. When John heard Norton say he started stealing lately, he left the park not caring about Norton anymore. Over time, John and Lorraine hung out with Mr. Pignati very often. Unlike Mr. Pignati, one night he didn't respond to anything and he wasn't cracking jokes, so John and Lorraine knew something was wrong, it was just a matter of time till they could figure it out. Acting mundane, Mr. Pignati let out what was tearing him apart inside, his wife had died, she wasn’t on vacation in California. Therefore, all that time that John and Lorraine hung out with Mr. Pignati, he was trying to forget the death of his wife. Overall, the saddest part to them was the fact that Mr. Pignati and his wife would always go to the zoo together and now John and Lorraine are taking her spot.