<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 …showed first 75 words of 1846 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1846 total…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.