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The Pigman Symbolism

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Have you ever read the amazing story of the Pigman. The Pigman was a very lonely old man. He had a very strong bond with a monkey named Bobo at the zoo. Also, the Pigman had a very big pig collection to remember his wife that passed away. In the book “The Pigman” there are many symbols that develop the story such as the glass pigs. Also, this develops the story because the pigs are a memory of his wife that died and that is also the way he got his nickname the Pigman. In the story it says “he sounded like such a nice old man, but terribly lonely. He was just dying to talk.”(zindel #27) This proves that Mr Pignati was a very lonely old man. The author incorporated this symbol because this is the biggest symbol in the whole book. Also, this

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