Describe Mr. Pignati from Zindel's The Pigman.

Mr. Pignati is
an older gentleman who lives alone on Howard Avenue. His wife died awhile back, but he tells
people that she is on vacation in California. He has a fun and interesting personality and he
doesn't mind smiling a lot. He is also generous because when two teenagers, John and Lorraine,
ask him for ten dollars for a fake charity, he willingly gives it to them. He invites the
teenagers to get to know him better by joining him at his favorite place--the zoo. He introduces
them to his best friend, Bobo, a baboon. Mr. Pignati is also generous because he buys the kids
skates and then allows them to skate around in his house. He also winds up being like a father
to Lorraine because he even buys her nylons that she needs, which she appreciates greatly. Mr.
Pignati is so kind and generous that he fills a void in the tennagers' lives since both have
issues at home with their own parents. In the end, he dies of a heart attack, but the kids are
so grateful to him that they write a memorial book in his honor
called .