Question

In "the pigman & me," most readers would agree that paul should not have hit john. Some would say, however, that john was at fault for not explaining the rules. Who do you think was more at fault in this story? Choose one boy and explain why you think he is more at fault, or tell why you think they are equally at fault. Support your opinion with details from the story.

Answer 1

The right answer is both, it was a misunderstanding because john thought that Paul was being greedy in keeping the paddle longer than fifteen minutes. Paul didn’t know about the time limit and thought that John Quinn was picking on him.

Paul is nervous and does not realize what he is doing.

John feels he has to fight or he will look bad in front of the other kids.

Because Paul did not know the rules about the use of paddles, he kept one past the time limit