Martyn Pig

How does Kevin brooks confront power relations in at least 4 get word scenes in the novel Martyn hogg. Power relationships play a key quality in the entertain Martyn Pig by Kevin Brooks. Power is a marge given when a mortal has control all over the other soulfulness and a relationship is a term given when theres a accepting between two people, when put together we bath understand that the term power relations is when a character in this book mathematical functions power to control a relationship.Martyn Pig in an 11 year old whose life isnt truly the best at the time and its about to get worse as it takes an out of the blue(predicate) twist after an accident that takes distance which will leave vernal Martyn to lead a life full of deception, disloyalty and doubtfulness on a daily basis. I will be focusing on how Martyns power is being fluctuated throughout the book as he confronts several(a) characters whom of which consecrate different relationships with Martyn.The four scenes I will be analysing the nursing bottle Bank scene, the killing scene, the starting time clash between Dean and Martyn, the bite opposition between Dean and Martyn and finally the scene where Alex the Assassin gets exposed. The feeding bottle bank scene illustrates William Pigs power which outlines his superiority over Martyns vulnerability. In this scene we dope that Martyn was in the kitchen filling a plastic bin liner with empty bottles this argues that although Martyns vex is shown to have the power, it is Martyn the eleven year old kid that is looking after his spawn a grown man when it should be the other way.This functions the reader chance disheartened except this gives Martyn a understanding of mental power the priming why William Pig isnt in control of Martyn the way he should be is beca employ the alcohol intake is gnu goatg control of him which makes him lose his physical stature which is why Dad was leaning against the doorway, smoking a ciga rette, ceremonial occasion me through his bloodshot eye freak Bloodshot eyes gives a distinction to the audience that this a result of alcohol and drug abuse which is resulting in his violent and abusive mentality he has towards Martyn, this also shows a sense of power that Martyns sky pilot has as it inserts fear into Martyn.Moreover, Martyns father then goes on to say Dont you go takin em to the bottle bank Authority is shown immediately with a use of an imperative verb. Martyns Dad then goes having a niggling gush about the environment by saying Bloody emviroment this, bloody emviroment that if anyone wants to use my empty bottles again theyll have to pay for em this sums up Mr Pigs attitude to dependable about everything, unconcerned. Also this tells the reader the deficiency of education that Mr Pig has as it was written colloquially.Martyn on the other kick the bucket is highly intelligent, which is pointed out when in the internal monologue shorty after Mr Pigs spo ut in which Martyn says I legal opinion of telling him that theres no such thing as the environment Martyn haves that there isnt a need to correct his dad as it would seem pointless. Therefore he decides to be the bigger man by keeping it in his consciousness and not risk being a victim of his fathers violent mind state which creates an impression to the reader that Martyns intellect is more trounce than of his fathers.As we move onto the Killing scene we begin to government note that Martyns powers have advanced and it now seems that Martyn has the ultimate control for the moment, which is a first in the book. This gain of power is triggered by an outburst Martyn had with his father in which Martyn had said For Gods sake, Dad just unsympathetic up Its not funny, its pathetic. Youre pathetic. Why cant you let me watch the bloody television for once? As readers we are normally subjected to be shown Martyn thoughts through internal monologues as he normally kept his feelings co nfined within himself.The reader can assure Martyn shouting at his father delinquent to the exclamation marks added in which adds fire to the exceeding power Martyn is getting but for now this isnt Physical power, its filtered out as verbal power. The snappy short sentences show great effectiveness as they represent anger being vented out with pauses in which Martyn doesnt seem to be discontinue by his father (this shows the great power Martyn has elevated into which lets him control the role swiftly). This is ended intellectually by a Rhetorical question to which neither Martyn or his Father answers as they were meant to.However, shortly after Martyn gains power Martyns father steals the spotlight and retains his former glory. Martyn had taken control of the situation due to Verbal power but he had overlooked his fathers physical power. We begin to realise this as I turned just in time to see him bearing down on me with his first raised above his head and drunken madness burnin g his eyes Martyn seems to get intimidated as his father showcased his physical strength to show who was the man in the house.We the readers are given an image planted in our minds of David and Goliath situation with Mr Pig being Goliath as he was overlooking Martyn. As readers we feel highly sympathetic as we thought that Martyn had finally gotten the upper hand and things couldve changed from this point on and Martyn and his father couldve uphold a normal father and son relationship. In the first confrontation between Martyn and Dean we can understand that Dean is the more overpowering individual, which allows him to be in control of the situation.This is pointed out to us when the following takes place unbelievable, he said. Kids today, I dont know. No love for their elders this indirectly confirms deans knowing about the killing of Martyns father which would make Martyn feel deceived by Alex and nervously cautious about Dean. This makes the reader feel remorseful for Martyns m ole is slowly turning into a mountain. contempt the fact that Dean has full control in the first confrontation between the pair, it was all about to change in Thursday as it was now Martyn that was in control of the situation.Dean tries to regain power by make the following threat Do you understand Pig? No money, no type. If I dont get the money he tapped the tapeline this goes to the Police A dash is added to cause a dramatic effect, but not even this attempt to create tension could make the ball swing in deans court. Ironically dean tries to dumb it down for Martyn who is believably has the most intellect out of the pair. Dean had thought that it would be a walk in the park to capture the money from Martyn but it hasnt exactly been like this.As readers we are relieved that Martyn has taken some of the rouse of his shoulder. During the course of the book we can understand that no one has really maintained their power that they had for a long period of time, it had only laste d for a particular scene and had then be lost. What I have learnt from this book is that you shouldnt follow someone blindly and that its normally the person that is most close to you that would cause you the most pain