Pig+on+a+Stick

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 * Pig on a Stick**

(include historical, geographical, physical context) || add your thouhgts here || Jasmine B. || In pig on a stick the pig symbolis the anger and feelings that Juney was feeling. So when the pig left that sort of represented how the anger was leaving and that hopefully things were gonna get better! Jasmine B. || (in addition to character traits, label as dynamic, static, flat, or round) || Bridgett Lonnie Evelin The narrator is Juney the other characters are sister, and Olivette. They are all in a kind of round characters, they all change in a way, including their aunt.They are all round characters because, they all have to a just to being alone, and depending on themselves and their older sister. They all have to change and growup, but mostly the oldest sister Juney. Juney changes in a way of being more loving and caring. Not only just to her younger sister but to her middle sister as well. The aunt changes because she realizes that the kids cant just take care of themselves and they need help. She sees that she needs to get thing back in order and make things right. Evelin:I really don't think all the characters are round. Olivette doesn't really do much in the story and I cant find a way that she changes. Also sister, she is not too important in the story besides that she isn't treated the same. She has no change either. ||
 * 2nd Block**
 * Themes || Growing up to fast and Responsibility....Juney in the book is only 11 years old ans she has to take care of her sisters and the house.She's like the MOM.She can't take any of that anymore because she wants to be a kid and enjoy life. Juney didn't have time to enjoy her childhood. In the cycle of life the parents always have to take care of the children but in this case Juney has to do evevrything since her mom left them. In this story everybody has to take care of each other and take responsibility or everything will fall apert especially their FAMILY since that is evertyhing they have left. Kids should enjoy life not have this huge responsilbility on their hands but for right noe they just have to keep their heads up and be reponsible for the actions tghey take to better themselves to get through. ||
 * Plot || Bridgett Lonnie Eviline: Juney and her two sisters live in a house by themselves that has a pig that lives under the house. The house is messed up and they barely have anything to eat.Their aunt comes over to bring them food. The dad left for the Army, and their mom joined the circus. Juney has to raise them by herself and it is taking a toll on her. She is like the mother of all of them. ||
 * Point of View || add your thoughts here ||
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 * Style || add your thoughts here ||
 * Tone || Pig on a Stick was kind of humorous, but most of it was sad because their mom left them and then their house fell apart at the end of the story. by: Matt ||
 * Language || The language for pig on a stick was informal. It was slang, the way most people talk around friends. for example, what when she caught her sister showing her parts to J.C she called it her equipment.
 * Symbolism || THE PIG: the pig represented anger and fear and confinement. the pig was stuck under the house just like Juney was stuck in the house as a MOM and the siisters too.
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 * 3rd Block**

By: Stephanie Ruff
 * Themes || Pig on a Stick

The theme portrayed in this story is maturation, loss of innocence, family ties, and self awareness. It shows maturation because Junie had to take care of her sisters; she had to be mature because if she wasn't, that could've lead to a down fal not only in her life, by her sisters. Loss of innocence is not being able to be yourself. In Pig on a Stick, Junie and Olivette has loss of innocence due to them have to be mature, not experiencing childhood. It's like a food chain: Olivette and Junie has to take care of Sister, Junie has to take care of Olivette and Sister, and basically, everybody has to take care of everybody. In this story family ties is like a curse because of what their mom did, those children had to suffer. This encorporates into this theme they, Junie; Olivette; and Sister, are being effected because their family fell apart. Self- awareness is a major theme portayed in this short story because those characters, even the sub characters, had to be aware of their environment, and not to foget you have someone to take care of and you have someone to take care of you. || Introduction- The narrator starts speaking about the current situation of the Sisters and how they were stuck under the care of their Aunt. Rising Action- The sisters continue life under the care of their aunt and chaos begins to surface causing a numerous amount of misadventures Climax- The biker, Baldy, that the aunt is currently dating hits her, and she pulls a gun on him telling him to leave or he'd drop dead right in front of her Falling Action- Everything seems to calm down and the girls are beginning to get accustomed to one another, while the aunt enters a moping period of time Resolution- The sisters and the aunt begin to make the best of what they have, and blindly charge into life thinking of the future || Pig on a Stick is 1st person and is told by a young girl. Juney is the girl, whom is trying to take care of her younger sisters, but after a while Juney starts to get tired of taking care and being responsible of her sisters. The pig that is under the house, symbolise her anger that Juney has to put up with in the house. Like whenever they get into an argument, the pig would run out the house or move which causes the house to tilt, so that ties into the way the author writes. Juney is a reliable person, because she knows that even though mom and dad is not at home she has to step up and give her childhood up for the sake of her sisters. If you may not know by now, but Juney is a young girl, she is not a nieve person. || (include historical, geographical, physical context) || Daylen: The setting takes place in south Georgia, in the country. By the way Juney talks it may takes place during the civil rights movement, because of the way she says " I pretendent I buldge out at the stomach and told the colored boy J.C. down at Jeruselum Road I would be delivering soon." The house that Juney and her sister live in is not really a house. It's more like a shack. The shack is being held up bricks and supported by a pig that lives underneath the shack. So it maybe an old house, or it could be the best peice of work somebody could have made, but the book doesn't tell anything historical about the house. It even maybe torn up by the pig that rambles underneath the house alll the time. || The overall tone for "Pig on a Stick" would be sad and angry. The main character shows a lot of anger throughout the whole story. It's also sad because they have to pretty much raise themselves because their parents abandoned them. || The language is definitely informal because their language is slang. It doesn't always flow smoothly, but it usually creates mental pictures for you. For example: pg. 8 " Me and Sister and Olivette lie in our big bed at night waiting for the wild hog with hairs on its back to come rooting under the house....... we see his gleaming eye pink as a slapped face or a raised up scar on your leg." The language provides many mental images of what is taking place, but it is definitely what people would call a "southern accent." || The symbolism used in this story is the Pig On The Stick. When the pig is on the stick, he feels helpless and can't get out of the situation. That might have been the situation that Junie was in at her home because of all the pressure she had to take. || (in addition to character traits, label as dynamic, static, flat, or round) || Vanessa: There are a few characters in this story. The main character is Juney. She is the one telling the whole story. She is a round character because she changes throughout the story and is a big part of the story. She changes because at first her and her sisters are not living a good life. They do not have food and she has to be like the mother of her sisters. Then comes her aunt beauty and helps her with everything and with her sister. Juney no longer has to be the like the mother of her sisters. Another character is Juneys sister Olivette. Olivette is not a big part of the story so she is a flat character. Juney has another sister to but the author does not mention the name of the sister so they just call her sister. She is kind of a flat character because she really doesnt change through out the story. Another character is Aunt Beauty. She is the girls aunty. She is a round character because she changes through out the story because at first she lets them treat her how they want and she doesnt take them seriously. The aunt beauty sees that its not right and helps the girls out more. ||
 * Plot || Three girls are abandoned by their parents, and are left with a care-less Aunt, who seems to be with another boyfriend every couple of weeks. The girls then discover, that pherhaps life isn't so bad this way and endure the adventures that follow. However, keeping the thread that holds them all together from breaking is the worst hardship they will ever suffer.
 * Point of View || Daylen:
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 * Style || add your thoughts here ||
 * Tone || Khain:
 * Language || Kayli:
 * Symbolism || Diana:
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