Brooks, Kevin. Martyn Pig: a novel. New York: Scholastic Inc., 2002. Print. Two significant elements in the book Martyn Pig by Kevin Brooks are the fathers alcoholism and the event that Martyn's Aunt is coming over for Christmas.
The father's alcoholism is a significant element to the story. Because Martyn's father is drunk almost 24/7 he often mistreats his son. He physical and verbally abuses Martyn which causes Martyn to have to be extremely strong and totally self reliant. Also, if the father would have been sober, he would not have attempted to punch Martyn. If he hadn't tried tried to punch Martyn, Martyn wouldn't have pushed him into the fireplace and he would not have died. This would have drastically changed the plot because the fathers death is the main crisis of the story.
Martyn's Aunt coming over is also a very significant element to the story. After the incident that caused Martyn's father to die, he decides to hide the body instead of calling the police. So before his Aunt comes over he must devise a plan so his Aunt doesn't see the body and find out what happened. Martyn's best friend Alex has to help him disguise the body and hide the accident from Martyn's Aunt. This shows how committed Alex is to Martyn and how strong their relationship with each other is. This is also one of the biggest complications Martyn faces in the whole novel.
I've never heard of this book before,but it sounds really interesting i think i'll give it a read! If you liked this book it sounds like me you'd probably like Lucas by Kevin Brooks also,it has the same dark mood and it's a personal favourite of mine! :)
ReplyDeleteI agree with Nikki! This sounds like a very good book to read! Great blog post, and great word structure - try including direct quotes!
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting story, I'm not sure if it would appeal to me however because of some of the unfortunate experiences that Martyn has had.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the first two comments! but great job
ReplyDeleteA good post Nate, but I agree with Nisha that you need to include direct quotes from the story to further explain your points. However, I liked that you chose two good elements and showed how they were significant.
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