ipl-logo

Summary Of The Book 'Babe: The Gallant Pig'

124 Words1 Page

Babe: The Gallant Pig The book I read is called Babe. In the beginning, of the book a farmer named Mr.Hogget enters a contest at the fair to guess the weight of a pig. If anyone guessed the correct weight of the pig, he or she wins it.
Mr. Hogget carried the pig and guessed the correct weight. When he takes the pig to the farmhouse a sheepdog named Fly, and her pups talk about how humans only eat the "stupid" animals like cows, pigs, and chickens. When Fly see 's the pig, she feels bad for him and regrets the things she said about him. Fly asks the pigs, " What 's your name?", the pig answers that he does not have a name,

Show More
Related

  • The Third Pig In Flannery O Connor's The Three Little Pigs

    857 Words  | 4 Pages

    Due to the fact that the pig is laughing at how he outsmarted the wolf, this shows that he is excited and thrilled at what he did. This makes him an admirable character as even though there is a wolf continuously trying to eat him up, rather than being scared and enclosed he is joyful and looks at the positive side of

    Read More

  • Mr. Pignati Chapter Summaries

    473 Words  | 2 Pages

    John and Lorraine are two unlikely friends and normal sophomores in high school. One day, while making prank calls with their friends, Lorraine rings up Angelo Pignati and pretends to be a charity worker. She manages to keep him on the phone for a long time and ends up agreeing to meet him at his house to collect a ‘donation’. With the help of John, also posing as a charity worker, Lorraine goes to the man’s house and is invited inside. Mr. Pignati tells them a little about himself, like how his wife is on a trip in California.

    Read More

  • The Pigman Essay

    1097 Words  | 5 Pages

    The story “The Pigman” by Paul Zindel is a very good book in my opinion. The book is about two kids who’s avocation is pranking. They love to prank people when they are with eachother. When they prank people they sometimes mortify them and try to make them look bad or stupid. In the story the one main charachter Lorraine, called a man by the name of Angelo Pignati and he anwsered the phone.

    Read More

  • Character Analysis: A Day No Pigs Would Die By Robert Peck

    710 Words  | 3 Pages

    Robert Peck has advanced through life, growing qualities that will help him throughout adulthood. In the novel A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Peck, Robert grows throughout the novel with his responsibility, family/beliefs, and relationships. Roberts has built responsibility through the novel, that have developed life long skills. Roberts matured with his family/beliefs throughout the course of the book.

    Read More

  • The 40 Developmental Assets In The Pigman By Paul Zindel

    481 Words  | 2 Pages

    The 40 Developmental Assets are a set of values or characteristics that will shape children into successful, contributing adults. This group of essential assets is necessary to a child's development and growth; without these assets, a child will most likely fail in their life. The 40 Developmental Assets can also be applied to fictional characters, and various other characters in novels and stories. On the topic of fiction, The Pigman by Paul Zindel is a novel that focuses on two teenagers, John and Lorraine, who meet an old man named Mr. Pignati, who they nicknamed the Pigman. As the adolescent’s emotional connection with Mr. Pignati increases, the reader begins to see more and more of what they will go through after Mr. Pignati dies.

    Read More

  • Hampshire Pig Essay

    547 Words  | 3 Pages

    The hampshire pig has experienced many changes in evolving from the wild pig to hampshire pig. Over the past few centuries, the hampshire pig’s biggest predator is the human who kills them for food, they have changed their diet from turkeys and wild berries to different types of slop that contain a mixture of random foods, and they were spread from country to country by humans who wanted to trade and sell them. The hampshire pig has a black coat with a white band around the front legs and around the shoulders. The average weight of the hampshire pig is seven hundred pounds. Out of the seven hundred pounds and the average height of two feet, about forty percent of that is muscle.

    Read More

  • Hardships In The Pigman By Paul Zindel

    525 Words  | 3 Pages

    “If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today”(Nhat Hanh). Parents can destroy their children's hope with alcohol and comments. Therefore, the parents can scare their children from birth. Children learn what is right and wrong from their parents. In the book, The Pigman by Paul Zindel, creates hardships that the characters overcome by coming together.

    Read More

  • Piggy In William Golding's Lord Of The Flies

    155 Words  | 1 Pages

    In the dialog above, it can be seen that Piggy join talk every time Ralph spoke. Although there is not much that he says but rather often. This makes jack a very pissed off and want to bully Piggy. If seen by Jack when he said Piggy too much talk shows his negative action because he felt upset against Piggy. Relate to Freud's psychoanalysis is concerned with discussing the id when someone does something negative is grounded by his mind can include as the death instinct.

    Read More

  • Characteristics Of Piggy In Lord Of The Flies

    81 Words  | 1 Pages

    Piggy is considered to be the best leader in the Lord of the Flies. William Golding proved that Piggy is the best leader in the novel; just like Les Brown is a good leader today. Again, these are the three traits I think that make up a leader: a great memory, takes action, and motivated. All in all, Piggy can be shown having these traits. Piggy and Les Brown do have a thing or two in common, about being great

    Read More

  • How Does Piggy Present The Savagery In Lord Of The Flies

    689 Words  | 3 Pages

    Lord of the flies: From Civility to Savagery Chaos out ways all order in a time of panic. When the plane crashes on the island, the group of boys has no one to turn to for a sense of direction, all they have is themselves. Piggy, one of the main characters, has asthma and is the most out-of-shape out of all of the boys, hence the nickname Piggy. He also represents order and innocence in the group. He also is represented as the "adult" of the group, because he is the most mature out of all of them.

    Read More

  • Savagery In Lord Of The Flies Piggy

    939 Words  | 4 Pages

    J.I. Packer, a Christian theologian, once stated, “Wisdom is the power to see and the inclination to choose the best and highest goal, together with the surest means of attaining it.” In the novel, Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, a group of English boys are stranded on a tropical island during the time of war. They discover that the island is inhabited and attempt to create their own civilization while waiting for rescue. However, as time passes by, things begin to get out of control and the boy’s own inner savagery quickly consumes them.

    Read More

  • Essay On Piggy In Lord Of The Flies

    406 Words  | 2 Pages

    Author, William Golding, in his novel, "Lord of the Flies," follows a group of British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and try to govern themselves. One of the boys, Piggy, is constantly bullied and considered a nuisance by the power-hungry boys on the island. Golding's use of an isolated setting in the midst of the other boys illustrates Piggy's struggle to liberate himself from their oppression. However the need to survive reveals Piggy's inventiveness and rational mindset.

    Read More

  • Piggy Lord Of The Flies Character Analysis Essay

    622 Words  | 3 Pages

    Piggy is always talking about him aunt bringing in a female opinion on an island full of boys, by doing this it makes him more mature. “ “I'm scared of him” said Piggy “ and that's why i know him. If you're scared of someone you hate him but you can't stop thinking about him. You kid yourself he's alright really an’ then when you see him again; it's like asthma an’ you can't breathe. I tell you what.

    Read More

  • Animal Farm Rhetorical Analysis

    945 Words  | 4 Pages

    The rulers of the farm take advantage of the low reading skills that the rest of the animals possess and use that weakness against them, as the animals just believe whatever the pigs tell them to, as they have no reason not to. The pigs’ goals seem intact and they do

    Read More

  • Simon As A Christ Figure In Lord Of The Flies Essay

    627 Words  | 3 Pages

    Christ is a perfect figure of light and goodness. He showed the world what love could do during his ministry on earth. Simon’s characteristics make him an analogy to Christ. His love, compassion, and service to others portray him as a Christ figure in Lord of the Flies, as well as his similarities in his experiences.

    Read More

More about Summary Of The Book 'Babe: The Gallant Pig'

Open Document