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The Pigman Jensen Character Analysis

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In chapter 8 of The Pigman Lorraine Jensen, one of the main characters, portrays her thoughts and feelings about the Pigman’s wife Conchetta, along with being spoiled to the point where she doesn’t actually want anything anymore, due to the Pigman buying John and Lorraine almost everything they could wish for. When John had found a funeral bill for Conchetta, Lorraine had already been thinking or running thoughts across her mind that the Pigman’s wife had died. She had even thought about the possibility of Mr. Pignati killing her. The smile on Mr. Pignati’s face could not be returned by Lorraine, because she didn’t understand why he couldn’t come to terms with his wife dying . His smile also seemed to become quite forced. The Pigman had changed

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