The Pigman Quotes

In the novel The Pigman, Paul Zindel expresses his recipe for a happy life. He is able to achieve this through two teenagers learning about life and an old man who is able to teach the kids. Paul Zindel intended for the novel to be for teens that are going through tough lives and need to change it. Zindel uses John and Lorraine as the teens that need help from their hostile and unfair life they live in. From Zindel’s insight, he tries to tell readers to have fun in life, making sure you find your own path, and making sure you pay attention to your relationships. THroughout the whole novel, Zindel tried to tell readers that having fun would lead to a good life. Even if you were going through a bad time in your life, Zindel said that you can’t let it take you down. By having fun you would be
They can’t be told what paths to go on in life because they have their own choices to make, and nobody else can make them. Zindel particularly used John because his dad always told him to be a rich businessman. John would rather be an actor because he felt like it would be the best thing for him to do in life. From the Pigman’s insights, John learns life wouldn’t be about money. Even though the money would be nice, it’s more about enjoying the job that you have. “To @#$% with Kenneth. To @#$% with marching along, with an attaché case swinging in the breeze.” (161) The rich businessman John’s dad tried to get JOhn to do would be like John’s older brother, Kenneth, who works on Wall Street. John doesn’t think he would be able to do the job because he doesn’t care about school and isn’t that smart. John liked to smoke a lot and drink beer, which showed he doesn’t care about his life. John tried to get across to his father that he wanted to choose his own path in life because if he became a businessman, then he would feel as though his life is being