"The Pigman” by Paul Zindel was an interesting and enjoyable book that most middle school students should read. The main setting of “The Pigman” was at Mr. Angelo Pignati’s house, on Howard Avenue, on many different days. Angelo Pignati, a nice, welcoming old man who has some struggles like the heart attack throughout the book. He trusted Lorraine and John a lot. John is a sophomore in high school who used to cause a lot of trouble. Now he still causes some trouble and he lost Mr. Pignati’s trust. Lorraine, also a sophomore in high school. She doesn’t normally cause trouble she almost always follows the rules and doesn’t do things that are wrong. But lately Lorraine has been doing some things she knows she shouldn’t do. It all started
In the novel All The Shah’s Men we are introduced to Iran, and the many struggles and hardships associated with the history of this troubled country. The Iranian coup is discussed in depth throughout the novel, and whether the Untied States made the right decision to enter into Iran and provide assistance with the British. If I were to travel back to 1952 and take a position in the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) for the sole purpose of examining the American Foreign Intelligence, I would have to conclude that the United States should have examined their options more thoroughly, and decided not to intervene with Iran and Mossadegh. I have taken this position after great analysis, which is something that Eisenhower and his staff never did. By discussing the history of Iran, the Anglo-Iranian oil company, and Document NSC-68 I will try to prove once and for all that going through with the coup in Iran was a terrible mistake made by the United States.
One of the Developmental Assets that is shown in The Pigman is Other Adult Relationships. This means that a teen has support from other adults who are not their family members. The asset of Other Adult Relationships is shown in The Pigman when Mr.Pignati buys a can of Love’n Nuts for Lorraine that she liked. After Lorriane, John, and Mr.Pignati went to the zoo together, they took a ...
I chose the book, The Child Called “It” because one of my friends told me about the book. The whole story line caught my attention. I was amazed at what was going on in this boy’s life. This book, a true story, is very emotional. The title relates to the book because his mother calls the boy, David Pelzer, “It”. She does not call him by his real name. His mother treats him like he is nothing but an object. Also, I think the title fits well because it catches people’s attention and gives a clue what the book is about.
1. In the book, the father tries to help the son in the beginning but then throughout the book he stops trying to help and listens to the mother. If I had been in this same situation, I would have helped get the child away from his mother because nobody should have to live like that. The father was tired of having to watch his son get abused so eventually he just left and didn’t do anything. David thought that his father would help him but he did not.
In The Pigman by Paul Zindel is about two kids who prank called him and led to disaster, it didn’t have to go so far. Mr. Pignati, in his late fifties, was known as the Pigman. He was very lonely as his wife was deceased. The feelings in this book were very realistic and there were a lot of them. The book was very realistic and was very well thought through. John and Lorraine was always at Mr. Pignati’s house. It was very mundane to see them at his house.All three of them loved roller skating so Mr.Pignati bought Lorraine, John, and himself a pair of roller skates. They would all play roller skating tag.Mr.Pignatti had a heart attack chasing John up the stairs on roller skates acting very infantile. Mr. Pignatti had a heart attack and fell
Having to take your anger out on someone isn’t fair or good, especially if you’re being killed with frozen lamb. Based on everyone’s understanding, when you kill someone you’ll have to pay the price and consequences. Apparently this lady didn’t. But are we sure she’s going to marry another man and kill him too? In “Lamb to the slaughter”, I’m going to be talking about Mary Maloney and how madly crazy she is.
In the book, The Pigman, by Paul Zindel, John Conlan and Lorraine Jensen are in tenth grade at Franklin High. Neither of their experiences were that immense when they first started school there. John used to be known as the Bathroom Bomber his first year at school which left him mortified to enter sophomore year. One of John and his friends avocations were prank calling people. They made it a game where they tried to witness who could carry out a conversation with a random individual on the phone the longest. None of it got too serious until one night John thought it would be easier to talk to one of his neighbors on the phone for longer. That night he ended up calling Mr. Pignati. Despite the fact that Mr. Pignati had no problem talking
Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “ Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” This quote has different meanings to all three main characters in the novel The Pigman written by Paul Zindel. John, Lorraine, and Mr. Pignati all have their own symbolic cages that keep them trapped within and makes them scream inside wanting to be free. Contrary to what some people may think, not only young people like John and Lorraine can be locked up in symbolic cages, but so can adults such as Mr. Pignati. There are two types of cages in this novel, the cages that real for Bobo and other animals, and there are symbolic cages that apply to John, Lorraine, and Mr. Pignati which makes them trapped and affects everyone around them.
“There is a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line” (“Oscar Levant Quotes”).
A Child Called It was about the struggles of a young boy named Dave Pelzer. Dave was put through hard times and at some point lost hope in his dreams and doubted the humanity of mankind, but in the end because of his strong will he was able to overcome his problems and make a better life for himself.
The Pigman, by Paul Zindel, was written with the intended audience of young adults, and due to such, presents a variety of themes that all remain relevant to the adolescent mind and ideology. These themes range from the determination of guilt and responsibility, to the ultimate acceptance of mortality and existentialism, including the dread that comes with it. However, the most prevalent theme in the novel seems to regard maturity, and more specifically, the lack of correlation between age and maturity, and the conscious decision to live blissfully within ignorance, or to bravely face reality. In the novel, both protagonists, John and Lorraine, live in a less than ideal familial circumstance. Lorraine lives with her morally corrupted and widowed mother, whom through
The Hatchet is a book written by Gary Paulsen about a 13 year old boy named Brian Robeson who was going on a plane for the first time on a Cessna 406 to visit his father for the summer in the Canadian woods. Brian was very nervous about going on a plane but his mother assured Brain that he will be find. Brian and the pilot got in the plane then sat in their seats. The pilot let Brian sit in the co-pilot seat so Brian could see out of big window. Shortly after that the pilot could see that Brian was very nervous about flying then told he that he would be find and even let Brain control the plane for a short time. After that it was dead silent he started to think about his parent and how his mother was seeing another man but his father didn’t
The novel, A Day No Pigs Would Die, is mostly about Peck, with a little bit of fiction. The book starts of with Robert Peck being made fun of because of the way that he dresses, and Robert imagined that the bully would “bleed like a stuck pig.” He then tried to save a fleei...
Truth and lies are always in a constant battle; the battle of choosing the truth or giving in and telling a lie. This theme is prevalent in The Pigman by Paul Zindel. The book takes place in Staten Island, New York. It follows a set of events told by two narrators, John and Lorraine. The two narrators are typing the story on a borrowed typewriter in the library. John and Lorraine are writing about what happened to them when they met Mr. Pignati, and what followed. In their story John and Lorraine meet him by a telephone prank, and they go over to his house to pick up money for an illegitimate fund. When they go to his house the man gives them the money and he tries to keep them over for longer than they want. In the next turn of events they end up spending almost every day after school with the Pigman; which he was nicknamed for his pig collection. The kids do many various activities with the Pigman, including; going to the zoo to see bobo, an ugly baboon, Beekman’s Department store, and also just watching television at his house. The three become very good friends, but one day they were playing tag while roller skating and Mr. Pignati has a heart attack. While Mr. Pignati is in the hospital John wants to have a party at the Pigman’s house. The party is a disaster and the forty guests trash the house and they are very obnoxious. Mr. Pignati ends up returning home and finding the mess, he is devastated. John and Lorraine are the only ones that are not able to escape the police, so they are taken home. Lorraine’s mom is extremely perturbed with her, and John’s father says he needs to see a psychologist. Later on John and Loraine meet Mr. Pignati at the zoo, and when he finds out bobo is dead he collapses and dies too. Throughout The...
A Child Called "It", by Dave Pelzer, is a first person narrative of a child’s struggle through a traumatic abused childhood. The book begins with Dave telling us about his last day at his Mother’s house before he was taken away by law enforcement. At first I could not understand why he had started at the end of his tale, but after reading the entire book it was clear to me that it was easier to read it knowing there indeed was a light at the end of the dark tunnel. This horrific account of extreme abuse leaves us with a great number of questions which unfortunately we do not have answers for. It tells us what happened to this little boy and that miraculously he was able to survive and live to see the day he left this hole which was his home, however, it does not tell us why or even give us a good amount of background with which to speculate the why to this abuse.