Pig The Fibber Character Analysis

“Pig the Fibber” is part of a series of “Pig the Pug” written and illustrated by Australian author, Aaron Blabey published in 2015. In this humourous picture book, the main character, Pig the pug, behaves badly and tells fibs. His loyal ‘long’ suffering friend, Trevor, a sausage dog is blamed for Pig’s lies and misconduct. This story has a moral and is a good lesson for young readers, as in the end all the bad behaviour catches up with Pig. The illustration on the front cover draws the reader in with a simple illustration of a defiant looking Pug with mischievous exaggerated bulging eyes and red crayon nonchalantly resting on his bottom lip. The text “Pig the Pug” in black print has been altered by Pig and his red crayon he has crossed out
Trevor’s tone of speech, together with the illustration of a dismayed Trevor, reveals his soft caring nature whilst Pig is walking away (Tunnell, 2008 p. 21). The illustrator depicts Pig with his back foot pointing up and his body facing back to Trevor’s face, interpreting Pig’s uncaring and cold attitude, Pig replies ‘Whatever’ the cadence is short (Tunnell, 2008, p. 21) and the writer uses the short sentence to create emphasis on the fractured relationship between the two friends (Tunnel, 2008, p. 23). The character Pig continues throughout the storyline to blame Trevor for his misconduct, most appealing to young readers, precise vocabulary and music in the rhyming text urges the reader to led through to the next page to discover the next exploits of Pig (Tunnel, 2008, p. 19). Meanwhile the storyline and plot is well developed and continues with Pig planning his sneakiest strategy to steal the treats and premeditating what good lie he is going to tell the owners, the plot thickens with Pig “And with that, he blew off. It was stinky and grim. Then he pointed at Trevor and said ‘It was Him!’ the using of figurative language, the writer personifies the gesture of smell as Pig has flatuence as dogs can do