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Pigman Character Analysis
In Pigman by Paul Zindel (1968) Lorraine is a very cautious character. Her cautiousness shows when she is unwilling to go to Mr. Pignati's house to go to collect money for a "charity", fearing what could happen next, she then "chickened out and said she wouldn't go with me to collect the money."(29) Lorraine's cautiousness also shows when she tells John "'Are you crazy?'"(130) when she learns that John plans to host a few friends over, afraid of what could happen. Caution shows when Lorraine talks about three omens saying that she should have "left on the spot"(53), because of her cautiousness, she looks back saying she would want to leave on the spot because of three "omens", fearing what would happen from the "omens". Caution also shows
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