Eric is a six 12 months outdated boy, he’s an solely baby who’s going by means of a although time, as a result of his mother and father have gotten a divorce. Eric thinks it‘s a bit odd that his Dad can’t stay with him, his mom and Donald, his stepfather, as a result of the spare room is empty and nobody has used it in a very long time. Eric looks like folks can’t clarify issues to him that he doesn’t perceive. For instance the Pig-Man.

For him the Pig-Man feels like a monster as a result of no considered one of the grownups desires to inform him about the Pig-Man.

One night Eric’s mom asks him to exit with a paper service filled with potato-peelings and scraps. Eric Doesn’t wish to go, however his mom says he can scrape out the basin, which she had made some cake combination in. When he will get outdoors the garbage can is gone. However his mom sends him to run after the Pig-Man.

When Eric sees who the actual Pig-Man is, a giant aid runs by means of his physique, as a result of the huge man is peculiar man and never how he had imagined him to seem like.

Creator: Poet, critic and novelist. John Barrington Wain was born in Stoke-on-Trent, the son of a dentist, and educated at Newcastle-under-Lyme Grammar Faculty, Staffordshire, earlier than happening to St. John’s Faculty, Oxford. From 1949 till 1955 he lectured in English at Studying College earlier than turning to freelance writing full-time. From 1973 to 1978 he was Professor of Poetry at the College of Oxford. For many of his life, John Wain labored as a contract journalist and creator, writing and reviewing for newspapers and the radio. He died in Could 1994 at Oxford. From 1974 his literary manuscripts have been deposited at Edinburgh College Library.

Setting: The story is going down at Eric’s dwelling, in the dining-room and in the Kitchen. Additionally outdoors the place the bucket is standing, after which the place Eric meets the Pig-Man. The time of the story is about 2 days.

* Day 1. The place you hear every part about Eric’s life. When Eric is dreaming about the Pig-Man and his dad happening a prepare collectively. * Day 2. When Eric goes to deliver the paper service to the Pig-Man. Characters:

Eric: He’s almost 6 years of age and has difficulties adapting to the new circumstances. The difficult grown-up world is taking up. He’s very proud that the grown-ups additionally see him as a accountable younger man. There are various questions he wish to ask the grown-ups however is afraid to take action. Eric doesn’t perceive why his father needed to go away simply because Donald moved in.

He’s fearful about being left alone and he doesn’t have anybody he can belief and open his emotions to. Eric’s mom: Is a caring mom. She advised Eric that nothing was going to alter when she and his father received a divorce and Donald would transfer in with them. When she desires Eric to exit with the paper service, she tells Eric that he can scrape the basin of cake-mixture. That may be a manner for her to get Eric to do issues and that tells us a lot about how the mom is.