Summary

In “Pig,” a couple living in New York City gave birth to “a beautiful baby boy” named Lexington (237). To celebrate his birth, the couple left Lexington with his nurse McPottle, and went out on the town. When they returned, McPottle would not answer the door and the couple had forgotten their key. The husband broke the window and hoisted his wife inside, kissing her. The police arrived after hearing about the break-in. They shot and killed the couple.

In the wake of his parents’ deaths, Lexington’s Great Aunt Glosspan from Virginia assumed his care (241). She raised him on her Virginia farm. Because she was a strict vegetarian, she raised Lexington vegetarian. She educated him at home, teaching him how to cook. By the time Lexington was 10, he had proved himself a culinary genius. Aunt Glosspan insisted he...