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The Pigman Summary & Study Guide Description
The Pigman Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
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The Pigman Plot Summary
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Told in chapters alternating from Lorraine's and John's point of view, The Pigman opens with an "Oath," signed by both John and Lorraine, two high school sophomores, in which they swear to tell only the facts, in this "memorial epic" about their experiences with Angelo Pignati, whom they later refer to as the "Pigman."
Harmless Pranks Accelerate
John, one of two protagonists who act as narrator, explains that he hates school, in fact hates "everything," and tells about his past escapades, in which he set off firecrackers in the school bathroom and organized his whole class to roll damaged apples across the classroom floor when the substitute teacher had her back turned. Intelligent, charming, and bored, he's not a bad kid, but is pentup and restless, with parents who don't understand him and don't want to try.
Lorraine, the other protagonist and narrator of the book, is similarly alienated from her...
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