Several of Zindel's novels resemble My Darling, My Hamburger. In terms of narrative technique, most of Zindel's novels show sophistication in point of view and symbolic development. The two firstperson narrators in The Pigman serve similar functions to the narrative voices in My Darling, My Hamburger. Zindel's biases and values are consistent from novel to novel; for the most part, he is hostile to adults and caricatures them without mercy, although his characterizations of women are more sympathetic than those of men.