Abstract
What are the meanings of the image of the pig and what different ideas does it enable to support and to highlight ? Besides, how does the main character react to this image and what impact does it have on him ?
After reminding the classical meanings expressed by the image of the pig, I will study the personnification of the main character as a pig and will look more precisely into the metaphor of the pigglet (in the slaughterhouse) which to me represents Francie's projection.
I will finally try to describe and analyze the evolution of Francie Brady's relation towards the image of the pig, a comparison which progressively becomes an obsession by which he is haunted and which deeply affects him. This is one of the thread to the understanding of the novel...
