The pigman by Paul Zindel is about a girl and a boy named Lorraine and John. They have a game of calling a person and seeing who can talk with them for the longest so one day they call a person named Mr.Pignati and Lorraine says they are charity workers so Mr.Pignati or the pigman tells them to come over for his donation. When they do, the pigman is nice to them so they become great friends and the pigman brings them to the zoo and also teaches them about mind tricks. Lorraine and John decide to tell the pigman the truth but afterwards he suffers from a stroke because of the excitement of playing with roller skates and has to go to the hospital. Lorraine and John visit him but he says he's fine. Then, Lorraine and John go to the pigmans house and eat some food while also having some fun. This book teaches us that you should never lie, family can have a big influence on us, and how we should face the death of our loved ones.
Lies will always come back to bite you back when you least expect it. Even if the lie is meant to make someone feel better, it can still make that person feel bad if they realize you're trying to do that but know you don’t really mean it. John and Lorraine lied at first because of a game but then it was for money but they eventually realized they shouldn’t and they told him the truth and a while later, he suffered from a stroke. Although them telling the pigman the truth didn’t directly cause him to have a stroke, it was probably related. When John and Lorraine told the truth, although it didn’t immediately affect the pigman it helped John and Lorraine clear their conscience and make them feel better. No matter the type, lies will usually be harmful to both the person who said it and the victim of the lie so you should never lie and when you have to, tell the truth afterwards.
Families can have a big influence on their children whether it is negative or positive. Growing up in an insecure and relatively negative environment will affect how they think or act. Lorraine and John both had dysfunctioning families and in general, the families negatively influenced both Lorraine and John so they seeked out the pigman and now they felt like they had found the right person who was like family to them. Lorraine lost her father so now her mother didn’t like men and was overprotective but the pigman was the opposite so Lorraine started liking the pigman like John who also had his reasons to go to the pigman as a piece of family. These dysfunctioning families both found the person they needed to fix their family and help them grow in life. Families, broken or not, always influence their children but it is their way of acting to see if they can overcome this influence.
Death is an unavoidable part of our lives and if the people who have been influenced by it don’t talk about it with someone, it can get more severe and raise anxiety about death. But if you do, then you can get a better understanding of it and get over it. John thought that death was better than living although he hadn’t experienced the sorrow of losing a loved one. Lorraine lost her father at a young age but her mother won’t talk about it so she doesn’t like death. The pigman lost his wife and he also doesn’t talk about it so he is always sad when he remembers that she is not here. Both of them had different points of view on death because of how they thought about it or were affected by it but they tried to ignore the fact that one of their loved ones was dead so this made them even sadder. The pain of the loss of your loved ones is so intense that you might try to avoid it but you have to face your fears of death through discussion which will help you process the pain and anxiety.
The pigman by Paul Zindel is a profound and touching book that teaches us about honesty, family influence and the impact of death. Lies always have a negative impact on us even if we can’t see it right away, it will eventually come to bite us back. Family can have such a profound impact on us especially when we are young so we have to try and get over it. We can not control the circumstances but we can still take control of our personal growth and accept the responsibility of our own life. Death is inevitable and everyone has to go through it but it’s how we handle the situation when someone dies that helps us understand it and alleviate the pain and sadness.The book explores difficult but important lessons in our life like honesty, family impact and morality, which will provoke you to think long after you finish reading.
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