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The Pigman Synopsis
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Breeanna Metallo

The pigman story starts with two high-school sophomores John and Lorraine who have similar personalities. In the first place, they met on a school bus talking about how much they have boredom with school. Both the teenagers have smoking issues not to mention, drinking issues too. Although this may be true, they both have soft hearts and care about things. The two teens and their friends started prank calling random people, which for this reason they wanted money to buy alcohol. In order to, start the calling each friend had to randomly chose a person out of the phone book. Lorraine had chosen Pignati Angelo 190 Howard Avenue out of the phone book. Lorraine dialed the phone and Mr. pignati Angelo picked
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and J. Fund. Mr pignati was very welcoming, and invites them to go to the zoo the next day. Mr Pignati shows Lorraine and John his collection of ceramic pig, which his wife started together when he give her a ceramic pig as a joke, to remind her of him. Lorraine feels guilty about taking the money from Mr. Pignati but John is unconcerned, cashes the check, and spends the money on beer and cigarettes. Lorraine and John go to the zoo with Mr. Pignati and meet a baboon whom he calls his best friend, Bobo. After the trip to the zoo with Mr. Pignati deepens, and they give him a nickname, “the Pigman’. They begin to go to Mr. Pignati's house nearly everyday, and he always makes them feel much more comfortable than they feel at their parents homes. Mr Pignati lets Lorraine and John go explore the house, and John and Lorraine learn that Mrs. Pignati is dead when John finds a funeral bill for “Conchetta Pignati”. Lorraine and John play lots of word games , drink wine, and buy chocolate covered ants and snails, which he gleefully shares with them. John enemy Norton, becomes increasingly curious about Lorraine and John's friendship with Mr. Pignati. He intends to try to break into the house. John and Lorraine start to feel guilty for

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