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Pigman

The is about two teenagers (John and Lorraine) who make friends with an elderly man (Mr. Pignati). They then abuse his trust in them and the elderly man dies.
I found "The " to be a very interesting play. The start of it was a little bit confusing but the audience soon learns that they are watching the story of the as it is being written. "The " would be a fun play to watch with a very serious and important theme. In John's opening line the audience gets a clear idea that Lorraine and he, have learned something from their experience with the , something important enough to write a book about while it's still fresh in their minds. John and Lorraine take turns writing each chapter of ...

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to as the "bore." Yet when Mr. Pignati died John realized that he was the one to blame for abusing his trust, and that he could no longer hide from his problems. Lorraine's mother constantly put her down and left her with very little self-confidence. As a result Lorraine was very shy, too shy to stop John from throwing a big party in the (Mr. Pignati)'s house. Yet when the died, she knew something had also died in her, and took responsibility for Mr. Pignati's death.
At the end of the play, John refers to all mankind as "Big blabbing baboons - smiling away, and not really caring what is going on as long as there are enough peanuts bouncing around . . . baboons concentrating on all the wrong things." John regretted not realizing this sooner, and the thought that Mr. Pignati died having only one real friend - a baboon at the zoo, made him sick to his stomach. Lorraine's last line summarizes the two teenagers' problem, "They build their own cages . . . ," what they were ...

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Added: 5/6/2006 03:42:38 AM
Category: English
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 417
Pages: 2

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