What’s A Successful and Contributing Adult?
Developmental assets are assets that define who you are. In The Pigman By Paul Zindel you will see a lot of assets that the two protagonist John and Lorraine Lack or have. Although some readers may believe that John will grow up to be a successful adult because he has a Positive peer Influence. John will not grow up to be a healthy and successful adult because he is lacking responsibility bonding to school, and Listening skills.
First, John will not be a successful adult because he lacks responsibility. Responsibility is making the right choices that can benefit you in life. Smoking can cause black lungs and early death at johns age. If john keeps smoking his habit of it would keep him doing it the
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“I never see john doing something good in school”. John has set off bombs in the bathroom and has blamed it on others and not him. If john could ever take responsibility over these things he would have a much better outlook on life. Now, you can tell that John just has to take charge of his responsibilities.
Some may say that John will be a successful adult because he has a positive peer influence. Positive peer influence is someone that tries to influence you to do the right things. Even though John had a positive peer influence, he never listened to them and kept doing bad things. “But nothing seems to have any impact on John, which I suppose brings us right back to his source problem” (Zindel 8). This is showing that lorraine is trying to get John to stop but he will not. John will not be a successful adult because he does not listen to his positive peer influence.
In conclusion, John will not grow up to be a healthy and successful because he is lacking a lot of assets that you need to excel in life. Developmental Assets go into every kids daily life. All kids have or do not have these assets. Having these assets can make life a lot easier. Unlike John who doesn't have a lot of assets. If John had all of these assets, the story would've ended better, not with a death of their friend Mr. Angelo
The 40 Developmental Assets is a list of assets that help young children to understand how relationships with your family and friends work and how teens can live a healthy life with them. One way to better understand the Assets is to look at how the appear in novels. One novel the assets can be seen is The Pigman by Paul Zindel, a book about parents influences on kids and shows childrens care for people they love. Three assets from 40 Developmental Assets were Other Adult Relationship,Honesty,and Caring. This three assets are shown in book when Mr.Pignati buys Love’n nuts for Lorraine,John telling Mr.Pignati that Lorraine and him is not Charity Workers,and John lying to Norton to protect Mr.Pignati.
In the book, The Pigman, by Paul Zindel, John Conlan and Lorraine Jensen are in tenth grade at Franklin High. Neither of their experiences were that immense when they first started school there. John used to be known as the Bathroom Bomber his first year at school which left him mortified to enter sophomore year. One of John and his friends avocations were prank calling people. They made it a game where they tried to witness who could carry out a conversation with a random individual on the phone the longest. None of it got too serious until one night John thought it would be easier to talk to one of his neighbors on the phone for longer. That night he ended up calling Mr. Pignati. Despite the fact that Mr. Pignati had no problem talking
The Pigman by Paul Zindel is about the lives of an old man, Mr.Pigman, and two teenagers, John and Lorraine. John and Lorraine were two “normal” children that went to school and had a rough time in their homes. The growing bond between John and Lorraine all started when one day John and Lorraine met on the school bus one morning. Due to the fact that the first time they met was on a school bus, there was no room for mortification to occur. Soon after, John started getting himself into trouble at school. Basically, John started setting off small explosives of all sorts during the afternoon hours of the day, which then lead him to receive the nickname “Bathroom Bomber.” On the other hand, Lorraine was a very well-rounded young lady that wrote as an avocation. As the
He began to boast and embellish the story of what actually happened in that moment. He became seemingly selfish, and self absorbed doing only what would advance him in the society. After the small infraction of lying about this event, he brought John and his mother from their home, only to use them for personal gain and blackmail. These moments reveal that he is not so much about defining himself as an individual but more about conforming. That he did, becoming calculating and cold for self-gain.
This is why John is able to think freely. John lacked the uniform development that every other child in the world goes through. Seeing these two, Bernard returns them to the World State. Bernard takes Linda and John to see his boss, the Director. The Director is so shocked he runs out of the lab in embarrassment.
Although George Orwell’s Animal Farm was created in order to mimic individuals as well as occurrences that took place during the Russian Revolution period, it is still possible to gain a comprehensive understanding of the text without a past knowledge of history through the exploitation of human nature’s imperfections. Following the publishment of his novel, Orwell confirmed that his goal in writing this fable was to expose the wrongdoing of the Soviet Union as well as the treachery of the true ideas of the Revolution. Nonetheless, there have been several other examples of events such as the French Revolution that can effortlessly be contrasted against components of the allegory. However, we need not to dig no deeper than to the fundamental faults in human nature to witness the catastrophic consequences that attributes such as hierarchy, propaganda and betrayal have on today’s society.
In the book of The Pigman, Lorraine Jensen, and John Conlan, the narrators of the story tell both sides of their stories about how they had many adventures with the Pigman including him on the phone call, when they got $10, Mr. Pignati’s roller skating accident, Lorraine and John throwing a party, Bobo dying, Mr. Pignati dies. At the very beginning of the book, John and Lorraine both introduce themselves and what they did leading up to the moment of the phone call. The phone call was made by Lorraine to an old man named Mr. Pignati, asking money for the L&J fund, he offered $10. This shows that Mr. Pignati is a very nice man and is willing to get to know them better. While John and Mr. Pignati were playing tag in the rollerskates that he got
John had always been very smart making all A’s and B’s throughout his schooling. Known as the class clown, John was very athletic but was the shortest kid in his class at five foot nothing. Making the basketball or football teams had been a struggle. John wanted a chance to show that he could accomplish great things working with a team.
irresponsibility lead to him not attending school. This has to do with the prompt because if
After reading ‘The Man Who Couldn’t Read’ by Gary Smith, most people would think of John as a sophisticated man simply guided by luck because of his experience and strategies at school and college. Some would think of him as a stupid person because of the way he led his life- hiding from his weakness and not even trying. I think of John as a boy who is filled with “rage and hurt” and who is ashamed of himself for being “stupid and silent as a rock”. He is observant, good at analyzing people, shrewd, a good actor, and vigilant. He is smart, hardworking and has a good understanding but he just cannot read. He lives his entire life thinking that he is not giving up, that he is simply waiting for a magic or miracle. To the outside world he may
All sense of individuality and self worth is taken way from the narrator when her name is never revealed to the audience. Furthermore, John continues to belittle his wife by giving her the command to not walk around at night. Although the John thinks in his mind that he is looking out for the best interest of his wife, in actuality, he is taking away his wife’s abilities to make choices for herself. There is a possibility that John’s controlling personality is one of the factors that led to his wife’s psychosis. Such a controlling life style more than likely limited the narrator’s ability to live any life outside of the home.
In what ways can a person increase their morale, as a result, o¬¬f their relationship with close acquaintances? There are many insightful methods that support this idea, but one important topic John and Lorraine have increased their morale on during their relationship with Mr. Pignati is about being candid with your loved ones, and wrongful actions also come with the burden of consequences. In The Pigman by Paul Zindel, Lorraine and John increase their morale during their strong friendship with Mr. Pignati. They gain insight that their wrongful actions and dishonesty will lead them to a life of privation. John and Lorraine learn that keeping secrets and their deceitful actions have terrible consequences because their relationship with the
His mother was home, but she gave up because of Junior’s sister who lived in their basement all alone. Junior never had anyone who encouraged him as much as Mr. P did who was his geometry teacher when he was still at the reservation (Rez). On the first day of high school Junior threw his geometry textbook, at Mr. P. He got suspended, but the next day, he got a visit from Mr. P. Mr. P explained to Junior that “You were right to throw that book at me. I deserved to get smashed in the face for what I’ve done to Indians.” This quotation tells us that Mr. P accepts that Junior threw the book at his face, he is not happy about it, but he says he deserves to be punished for what he have done to Indians in his past. He wants Junior to be treated properly and wants the best for Junior. Mr. P does not want Junior to give up like the rest of the kids at the rez did. “You can’t give up. You won’t give up. You threw that book in my face because somewhere inside you refuse to give up.” Mr. P knows Junior can go far but if he stays at Rez than all the other kids who have already given up will influence Junior to do the same.
In the novel, The Pigman, written by Paul Zindel, two students named John and Lorraine meet on the bus and become best friends. John is a more rebellious student who tends to act in an infantile way at times. He is known as the “bathroom bomber,” because he always sets off bombs in the school bathrooms. Sometimes, John can be seen as an ingrate, when he takes his healthy body for granted by constantly smoking and drinking putrid beer. Lorraine, on the other hand, is not very outgoing or self-confident. This is because her mom always tells her that she is not a pretty girl and seems to lower her self esteem. On the first few weeks of school during her Freshman year, Lorraine was experiencing anxiety because she did not fit in and did not
One of John’s most obvious physical characteristics is that he is handsome. He is sophomore at Franklin High, where he used to cause lots of trouble. He caused trouble in his freshman year because he did not respect the teachers. Another example of John disrespecting authority occurs when he does not respect his parents. He does not respect his parents because they did not raise him well. One is example of John not respecting his parents occurs when he glues the lock that his father placed on their telephone shut. Another example of John disrespecting his parents occurs when he argues with his father about what he wants his profession to be. His father wants him to work in the coffee exchange, while John wants to be an actor. Another of John’s qualities is that he drinks alcoholic beverages and smokes cigarettes. His habits of drinking and smoking began when he saw his father doing the same. One of John’s internal characteristics is that he is extremely proud. Zindel shows this when John is bragging about how handsome he is. Another of John’s internal characteristics is that he pretends that he does not care about anything, but he is really compassionate. Zindel shows this when Lorraine describes John. John is a dynamic character because he changes throughout the course of the novel. One example of John changing occurs when he kisses Lorraine for the first time. This shows that he is starting to have