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John From The Pigman
The Pigman is written by Paul Zindel, in 1986. John, Lorraine and the pigman are the main characters. I will be focusing on John for this essay. The pigman is partly set at johns and Lorraine’s school called Franklin High. It is also set at the Pigman’s house and the zoo. I chose to talk about John because I think there is a lot to talk about since he changed the most out of the three.
John is a very handsome guy according to Lorraine in the Pigman. He is about six feet tall and has blue eyes. He has long brown hair, and he is very skinny. As said in the book, his eyes are large and it feels like he stares right through you.
John is a very complicated guy. He refers to the teachers as retarded. “he thinks we’re using the type writer to copy
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