Martyn Pig Quotes Essay

Something I wear offt know what it was. It wasnt real. Its strange, the lack of emotion, the absence of romp in reality. When things happen in real life, extraordinary things, theres no music, theres no dah-dah-daaahhs. Theres no close-ups. No dramatic camera angles. Nothing happens. Nothing stops, the rest of the orbit goes on. Reality. When you gradually come to realise that all that stuff in books, films, television, magazines, newspapers, comics its all rubbish. Its got nothing to do with anything. Its all do up. It doesnt happen like that. Its not real.It means nothing. righteousness Badness is a relative thing Death/Tradgey/Sadness I pulled the trigger, the pistol spat, and the sparrow fell. Just like that. I stared in Disbelief. Id killed it. Stopped its life. Shot it dead. (pg 150) Short statements separated by commas describing the fulfil of killing the sparrow (incites imagery in readers mind, enables them to vividly imagine the scene) deck the simplicity of ki lling and how easy it is to murder. Indicates that Martyn isnt really a negative person, there was no hatred or revengefulness behind the deed, he was rightful(prenominal) curious.Short, consise decrys highlight his disbelief. I can still here the sound of it now. That unsavory crack of bone on stone. I knew he was dead. Instantly. I knew. The create verbally of bone and stone emphasise the impact of William Pigs body as it falter the fireplace, but also emphasise the impact that his death would have on the rest of Martyns life. The short sentences illustrate Martyns instant tone of shock that engulfed his body, so much so that he couldnt imbibe together long coherent sentences and could only manage small outbursts during his brains realisation of the terrible thing that had just happened and how his world is now changed forever.I scorned him. I hated every inch of him. From his broken-veined, red-nosed face to his dirty, stinking feet. I hated his beery guts. solely I n ever meant to kill him. Pg 24 hoping I could get away with pretending that he was ill in bed, asleep. Not dead, just asleep. I had no choice. Do you understand ? I had no choice. Alcoholism He looked like what he was a drunk. Pg 10 Short and simple, no beating around the bush.Martyn has given up denying the terrible state is father is in, it is clear that he accepted long ago hi father has a serious alcohol problem. The sincerity of the sentence infers Martyns resentment and hatred towards his dads self-imposed waterspout condition. But with me, he was a drunk with responsibilities, a drunk with fry benefit, a drunk with someone to clear up the sick. Pg 11 But highlight two alternate realities and how varied Billy Pigs life would be without Martyn, showing the positive impact that Martyn has had on his life. humourous because William Pig had a very negative impact (relative to readers opinion) on Martyns life. Alcohol. It sucks the life out of a face and replaces it with its own dumb affect of inanity. Its up to you. If you want to lose yourself, have a drink. talking directly to the reader engaging them in the story and emphasises how badly his dad alcoholism impacted his life, and strongly warns the readers against it. Loneliness/Isolation A bang-up swirling mess of sound searing its way into my head Martyns mind is different he is isolated from the outside world.