The Pigman Analysis Essay
“An Analysis for The Pigman”
Stephan King once said, “Writing good dialogue is art as well as craft” This means dialogue will help you visualize things, like scenery or people. What also helps visualize things is the word choice used. In the story The Pigman by Paul Zindel, the author uses word choice and dialogue to develop visual situations. In the story The Pigman by Paul Zindel, the author uses word choice and dialogue to develop visual situations. One example of dialogue creating a visual situation is when on page 104, Mr. Pignati is explaining what type of peanuts Bobo should get. He said, “Get him the peanuts in the yellow package-not the red package. He likes the dry-roasted ones better.” When he said this, you could visualize …show more content…
The word choice can help you imagine exactly what the author wants you to. One example, is on page 38; ‘ The room was dark because its two windows were covered with faded paper shades. It was a real dump except for the table and shelves at the far end of it. The table had pigs all over it. And all the shelves had pigs on it. There were pigs all over the place.’ This word choice here describes what the room is like from John and Lorraine’s point of view. Another example of word choice is on page 18 when John is talking about Lorraine’s eyes, he said, “She’s got very interesting green eyes, that scan like a nervous radar….” What John said here was how he described Lorraine’s eyes, and how he wanted other people to know of what he thought about them. That should have created a real visual for readers. The last example is on page 78 when Lorraine is describing her mother; “ ...I could always catch a glimpse of her standing there in her white uniform and white shoes-and she usually wore a short navy blue jacket, which looked sort of strange over all that white….” Lorraine is talking about her mother’s appearance in a way that readers can see almost exactly what she is talking about, especially when she says how the shirt navy blue jacket, looked strange over her white uniform. This is how readers could use word choice to see visual situations the book is
Stephan King once said, “Writing good dialogue is art as well as craft” This means dialogue will help you visualize things, like scenery or people. What also helps visualize things is the word choice used. In the story The Pigman by Paul Zindel, the author uses word choice and dialogue to develop visual situations. In the story The Pigman by Paul Zindel, the author uses word choice and dialogue to develop visual situations. One example of dialogue creating a visual situation is when on page 104, Mr. Pignati is explaining what type of peanuts Bobo should get. He said, “Get him the peanuts in the yellow package-not the red package. He likes the dry-roasted ones better.” When he said this, you could visualize …show more content…
The word choice can help you imagine exactly what the author wants you to. One example, is on page 38; ‘ The room was dark because its two windows were covered with faded paper shades. It was a real dump except for the table and shelves at the far end of it. The table had pigs all over it. And all the shelves had pigs on it. There were pigs all over the place.’ This word choice here describes what the room is like from John and Lorraine’s point of view. Another example of word choice is on page 18 when John is talking about Lorraine’s eyes, he said, “She’s got very interesting green eyes, that scan like a nervous radar….” What John said here was how he described Lorraine’s eyes, and how he wanted other people to know of what he thought about them. That should have created a real visual for readers. The last example is on page 78 when Lorraine is describing her mother; “ ...I could always catch a glimpse of her standing there in her white uniform and white shoes-and she usually wore a short navy blue jacket, which looked sort of strange over all that white….” Lorraine is talking about her mother’s appearance in a way that readers can see almost exactly what she is talking about, especially when she says how the shirt navy blue jacket, looked strange over her white uniform. This is how readers could use word choice to see visual situations the book is