Sometimes the author of a book gives us a clear picture of how he or she views the world by including lines in the novel that do more than simply move the plot along. If we identify these moments in a text, we get a lot closer to understanding what the author is trying to say. I want you to identify parts from The Pigman where Zindel reveals his purpose by inserting a profound quote into his narrative.
An example might be on page 73 when the lady was saying, "Death is coming..." and Lorraine thinks, "Its sort of spooky how when you're caught talking to God nowadays everybody thinks you're nuts. They used to call you a prophet." Please include page numbers and confirm on edline that you posted successfully.
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Sarah-
"My wife collects pigs" (38)
"His wife is dead" ( 68)
"Oh Dad, can't you see all I want to do is be individulistic?" (60
"Now pick out some things you'd like to try" (74)
"Bobo wouldn't eat today, Bobo's getting old" (89)
-Korri
Pg.19-"How's the marshmallow kid today?"
Pg.20-"Hello?" this jolly old voice said as i cleared my throat
Pg.21-"Yep, she's out in california with my sister."
Pg.30-"He sounded lonely on the phone, now didn't he?"
Pg.33-For a moment he looked as though he was about to cry, and then suddenly he changed the subject.
Aaron. From page 84 John said sometimes I try to figure out why I'm the way I am. From page 79 Lorraine said there was no one there who could understand something just for fun- something crazy and that's what he liked about me from the first day when I laughed on the bus. From page 9 Lorraine said John had compassion deep inside him... John changed. From page 85 John said "John please do whatever you like... And always with a big smile so you knew he ( the Pigman)meant it. On page 96, the Pigman said "Because you picked the boatmanas being the most guilty, you're both interested in maic.
JOHN-But as I was saying it is a fact that John has a compassion deep down inside him(9)
" I may not be Miss America nut I am not an abomidale
snowman"(9)
" I don't want you to go along with crowd I want you to be your own person" (60)
Norton has eyes like a mean mouse he is a social outcast(19)
He sounded like the guyt who would take a cold shower with the windows open
Queena
-the telephone marathon started it having conversation with the Pignati (page 22)
-Pignati just went on taking about his wife's favorite jokes (page 22)
-"his wife is dead"(page 68)
omens that "death is coming"(page 73)
-"were you in a car with another person
1. pg 59 not a phony in the crowd
2. 8-9 has compassion,but is the last person to show it
3. pg 18 not murdered him
4. pg 23 i think you can tell with that kind of lying
97)
wife = fun
husband = love
lover = sex
assassin = money
boatman = magic
60)
Be yourself! "Be individuaalistic"
-Niko
1.I thought they were going to tear them out of the frames, and I wanted to put my hands to my ears to shut out the Jungle that surrounded us. Page 142
2.Didn't she know how sick to my stomach it made me feel to know it's possible to end your life with only a babboon to talk to. Page 144-145
3.Our life would be what we made it- nothing less. Page 149
4.They build their own cages, we could almost hear the Pigman whisper, as he took his children with him. Page 149
TYLER RAINEAR- Pg9 i may not be miss america but i am not the abominable snow woman either.
pg11 I was so embarrassed i wanted to cry because i thought for sure he was laughing at me.
Pg20 My wife isnt home now.
pg21 She really did laugh at them.
Pg30 Lonely people need visitors.
Pg94 Im going to tell you a murder story
Sam :)
pg 9- "maybe at first john thought of it as a way to get money for beer and cigarettes, but hte sencond we met the old man, john changed."
pg 22- "there was something about his voice that made me feel sorry for him."
pg 25- "john got this look in his eyes and i knew what was going to happen. he'll end up complicating everything."
pg 26- "if lorraine felt like saying anyone of us murdered mr. pignati she should of blamed norton, hes the one who caused all the trouble."
pg 54- "i think it was sort of nice that the baboon had a friend like mr. pignati."
Gregory Wallace:
Pg 56-57 - "I'm not afraid of seeing ghosts. I think I'm really looking for ghosts. I want to see them.
Pg 59- "I want to be me. Just me. Not a phony in the crowd."
Pg 60- "One of these days it'll be too late to apologize. Your mother isn't going to be around forever either, you know. When she's dead you're going to wish to God that you'd been nicer to her. Mark my word."
Pg 79- " We must have looked just like the three monkeys, The Pigman, John, and me, three funny little monkeys."
Pg 98- "The longer he knew us, the more of a kid he became."
(59.) not a phony in the crowd
(8-9.) has compassion,but is the last person to show it
(18.) not murdered him
(23.)i think you can tell with that kind of lying
(26.) Norton caused all the trouble
(42.) " her problems are so deep rooted she'd need 3 yrs of phsyco analysis
(45.) I'm the type that a bosses wife would hire as her husband's secretary. Deanna Deas is the type the boss's wife would definitely not hire.
(47-48.) I don't know if one of the requirements for working with kids is that you have to hate them to begin with, or wheather working with them makes you hate them.
(49.) he made me feel like a bat in a cage
(52.) I think God goofed in that department
(55.) he really was harmless, crazy, but harmless
(56.) nobody does anything perfectly
(56-57.) I think that's the real reason i go to the fraveyard. I'm not afraid of seeing ghosts. I think I'm really looking for ghosts. I want to see them. I want to prove that when I drop dead I'll be doing something a little more exciting than decaying
(60.) "Be yourself! Be individualistic! But for God's sake please cut your hair yo look like an oddball
(69) Good food should produce good conversation. It's no wonder my mother and I never had any interesting conversation.
(71) I wish my mother was more like him. I'd wish that she knew how to have a little fun for a change
(85) I knew that I'd kill Norton if he tried to hurt the old man
(97)
wife = fun
husband = love
lover = sex
assassin = money
boatman = magic
(105) They ought to let sick people get well in cemetaries and dead people rot in hospitals
(115)I knew he liked me a lot but only as a friend or a dreamboat with a leak in it. But now all of a sudden there he was waearing shaving lotion, coming his hair, and fighting with me. There was something about all that which made me smile as i scraped the Sloppy Joe off of his plate
(146 My poor mother and father - I wanted to tell them that they no longer wonder what they're doing in the world while i stand here going out of mmy mind
and 5. and 6. are in the oath
5. Being of sound mind and body on this 15th day of April in our sophemore year at Franklin High School.
6.Th truth and nothing but the truth until this memorial epic is finished, so help us god.
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