Genre
Rural American Novel
Narrator
Robert Peck
Point Of View
First person
Tone
Lighthearted, optimistic
Tense
Present
Setting (Time)
Late 1930s
Setting (Place)
Learning, Vermont
Protagonist
Robert Peck
Rising Action
Robert receives a pig as a gift from a neighbor. He and the pig become best friends.
Climax
Pinky has to be killed so that the family will have enough to eat in the winter.
Falling Action
Robert's father dies.