![]() ![]() The structure of Pig Boy really accentuates Damon’s isolation. It’s this sort of fake sympathy that really made Damon mad, so he put Pascoe on his list. When the family received death threats in phone calls, and Damon recognized them as from a boy from his school, he came to Pascoe only for him to ignore his plea because that boy’s father was funding new gear for the school. He pretended he cared about Damon, but that was a lie. ![]() The high school principle Pascoe, is the antagonist. Damon can only talk to one character freely, Moe at the corner store, and he loathes him as well. Damon and his mother stand out as the bully target of the town. Damon mentions his lists of names, how he will learn about guns, the horrible thing in his closet. Burke paints a picture, putting in small references to a dark shadow in Damon’s mind. He is an angry character and always has an ironic outlook on those around him, in fact he loathes them. The main character is Damon Styles, a boy you don’t know whether to sympathise with or be horrified by at the beginning of the book. This book revolves around the issues of the nature of bullying, the stereotypical views of the community, and high school massacres, yet puts its own spin on this within the genre. ![]() It is about a heavily disturbed and bullied boy, who is abandoned by everyone around him and only finds solace with another outsider and freak called the Pigman. Pig Boy (2011) is a Thriller and a Drama written by J.C. ![]()
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