A day no pigs would die by Robert Newton Peck - literary analysis

<Tab/>William Somerset Maugham stated that "when I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has meaning for me, and it becomes part of me." This quote may be used to depict the feelings receive from the novel A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck. This work of fiction …

…Pigs Would Die, William Somerset Maugham's statement is seen as true. From the acts and phrases stated by characters in the book, one could not walk away without having taken a piece of the book with them. This can be told true after reading A Day No Pigs Would Die, where a reader would achieve the thoughts of maturity, learn to accept the changes which are inevitable in life and learn to have independent thinking.