Paul Zindel

The Pigman by Paul Zindel is a funny, well written book and should be read by middle schoolers. The Pigman takes place in Staten Island over a course of a year, at the graveyard, the zoo, Mr. Pignati's house, and Lorraine’s house. John and Lorraine are 16 year old sophomores in high school. They are struggling to keep a reputation of charity workers when with Mr. Pignati. (The Pigman) When John, Lorraine, and their friends call was charity workers to Mr. Pignati’s House, he answers and agrees to give money if they pick the money up from his house. So, they pick the money up while pretending that they are charity workers and not high school students. He invites them to a zoo to see one of his friend’s that's a monkey. They develop a friendship…

“The Pigman” In The Pigman by Paul Zindel, John is depicted as handsome, sneaky, mischievous, and stubborn. John is portrayed as being handsome when Lorraine stated that he looks very attractive. John displayed his sneakiness when he explained how the administration of Franklin High never caught him when he set off bombs in the boy’s restroom. John’s mischievous side revealed itself when he described how he pranked substitute teachers in his freshman year. Finally, John revealed his…

Ten years ago, my mother recommended a book she had read during her childhood: The Pigman by Paul Zindel. Since then, I have read The Pigman several times. The main characters, John and Lorraine, narrate alternating chapters. Lorraine and John hang out with two assholes named Dennis and Norton, but they do not acknowledge Dennis and Norton as friends. When they hang out, they prank call random people, whose names are listed in an ancient device known as a “phonebook”, and they try to keep people…

Horrible actions are inexcusable but maybe they are explainable by early homelife. In the novel The Pigman by Paul Zindel two young characters deal with the impact their relationship with parents have on the attitudes and actions. John's parents are older and are unable to relate to John in any way. They seems to only care if John succeeds not about his feeling or anything going on in his life. They are also setting very high expectations for his which he feels he will never live up to by…

In the novel, The Pigman by Paul Zindel, two teens fool an old man, but find the most valuable friendship they will never get again. John Conlan and Lorraine Jenson are two, out of the four in their group, friends that find the friendship of a lifetime. One night, they do their normal routine when hanging out with their friends Norton and Dennis, and have a competition. They compete to see who can have the longest conversation,using prevarications, with a stranger on the phone. Lorraine…

The Pigman by Paul Zindel was a very good book. It all started with two high school kids writing down their experiences with an old man, Mr. Pignati, known as the Pigman. They was a Highschool boy named John, and a Highschool girl named Lorraine. John was a very handsome boy, outgoing, funny, and he had an avocation to drink beer. John’s family treats him very infantile, and is always comparing him to his brother. Lorraine was very shy and had paranoia, she was very self conscious. Somehow…

The Pigman by Paul Zindel is about two sophomores in high school named John and Lorraine. The story is narrated by John and Lorraine switching off every other chapter. Both of them had some impression in one way or another by the ‘Pigman’. Towards the beginning of the story they begin to speak about themselves and how they were up until sophomore year when they met “the Pigman”. Seen through Lorraine's eyes, John seemed to be more into fun pranks, an advocation of his, and not getting caught,…

The story is told, in alternating chapters, by the two high school sophomores, Lorraine Jenson and John Conlan, also known as the two main characters. There good friends because there avocations are generally the same, they both dislike school and their shared absurd sense of humor. With their friends that are nerds, Norton and Dennis, they prank-call Mr. Pignati and end up going to his house prevarication to collecting money for the "L. and J. Fund." Mr. Pignati is very antagonistic and invites…

The pigman essay This is the story about a lonely man who finished being a hero . Mr.Pignati was a lonely person in the novel “The Pigman”. The Pigman had a collection of pigs he had been collecting for many years. Although the Pigman had no son’s he was a widow .Even though the Pigman lived alone and his wife was dead he always was kind and gave love to others .The Pigman was really friendly and optimistic in everything he could. “You are just lucky the old guy isn’t going to press…

The book The Pig Man, by Paul Zindl, is about two teenagers Lorraine Jensen and John Conlan. They attend Franklin High School, and were pretty good friends. Most of the Book is about an old guy that they get involved with. He goes by the nickname Pig man. John is talking about when he first started school at Franklin High School he hated it. The first year everyone at school called him the bathroom bomber because he set off some kind of homemade bomb in the…