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Outline For The Pigman By Paul Zindel

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Thesis: In the novel, “The Pigman” by Paul Zindel, John and Lorraine are reliable narrators because whatever they said could be proven even if it was embarrassing,they said things they could not make up, and they expressed their feelings and emotions. I. John and Lorraine are reliable narrators because whatever they said could be proven even if it was embarrassing. When John is introducing himself,he explains to his readers “I hated it so much the first year they called me the bathroom bomber”(Zindel 1). II. John and Lorraine are reliable narrators because they said things they could not make up. John and Lorraine are in Mr. Pignati’s house.Lorraine tells her readers, “He started to double over-his eyes fastened on me-gaping like fish

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