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Elyssa Litchfield (no login)
Posted Feb 17, 2008 7:30 PM
I was hooked on Pig Tales from the very first chapter. I was intrigued about how this transformation into a pig would happen. I found it very interesting how the narrator remarked about being called “wholesome” by both her boyfriend and her customers. Although she mentioned how attractive she was, it seemed like “wholesome” meant more to her.
I enjoyed all of the foreshadowing to becoming a pig that occurred throughout the novel. On page 14 it said, “But the client kept me tied up the whole weekend”. This can be taken as a metaphor or sexually. This is one of the many examples of sentences that compare human sexual tendencies to animals.
The part where the old woman died was very significant to me while reading the book. This woman was the one person who really seemed to understand her and care about how she was doing. Her transformation became much more drastic after this woman was gone.
When Honore takes her to Aqualand, he embarrasses her in public when she cannot fit into the new swim suit he bought her. He then allows the children there to do the same. I think this reinforces some of the other comments discussed about everyone being a pig.
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