John And Lorraine Character Analysis

John and Lorraine tries being a grownup, but lacks experience. They change from completely acting like a child to acting like adults during their kiss. Adults are older, experienced, and serious. Kids are young, innocent, and lack a lot of experience. The biggest difference between grownups and children are grownups have a lot of experience and children don’t. Before their kiss, John and Lorraine are left alone in Mr. Pignati’s house while, Mr. Pignati is in the hospital. Lorraine attempts to make dinner, while John went upstairs and puts on the Pigman’s suit. When Lorraine sees him, she felt like she didn’t look pretty for him to notice her. She runs upstairs and puts on one of Conchetta’s white dresses, an ostrich feather in her hair, make up, and high heels. John sees her and thinks
she looks like a gorgeous actress, Lorraine doesn’t think she looks beautiful. Lorraine thinks John was lying to her since she’s been called ugly and fat for her whole life. In the book, chapter 11, page 140, it states, “I let out a growl and started toward her, imitating Bobo. She squealed with laughter and ran back up the stairs with me right after her.” John and Lorraine are doing an adult thing by kissing like Mr.
Pignati and his wife would do, but they play around with it and turn it into a very childish thing. John growled like a monkey to Lorraine and she was laughing about it, they were having a lot of fun until they realize they weren’t acting anymore. They try being adults by acting like Mr. Pignati and his wife, making dinner, and finally kissing, but the only love that they witnessed was from Mr. and Mrs. Pignati. In the book, chapter 11, page 141, it states, “We each sat at opposite ends of the table with the candles burning away.” John and Lorraine just sit there looking at each other drinking wine and eating their congealed spaghetti like grownups might do when they are having a romantic dinner. They try being adults in this quote and almost make it work, but in the end, they don’t know what to do after this happens. Their parents didn’t take the time giving these kids a good childhood, it’s already affecting them badly, making them tangled on love. They keep going back and forth also because their parents never showed them what love is
like. John’s dad yells at his mom and makes her do everything and Lorraine’s mom is always telling her that guys are trouble and to get away from them because of her past. Their confused and don’t have any experience from their parents, their parents robbed them of their childhood. John and Lorraine don’t have enough or little enough experience to be a kid or an adult, they are in between the two.