Trainspotting
Trainspotting – Yasmin Allen
Trainspotting is a phonetically written novel by Irvine Welsh. The Scottish heroin addict battles his way through the story to kick his addiction. The captivating story of the random events that occur during a critical time in a group of Scottish junkies' lives. Irvine Welsh illustrates the confusion and anger many heroin addicts are subjected to and what happens once they try to quit.
The story is based around Mark Renton, an ordinary twenty-two year old who was raised by a loving mother and father. Through court-mandated therapy he was told he envied his parents and resented his older brother. This was what contributed to Rents (his slang name) heroin usage. Bit by bit the reader is introduced to Rents' friends, cousins, friends' of friends, parents, friends' parents, the list goes on. Basically anyone involved
Renton’s life in one way or another.
Furthermore, Everyone in Rent’s life is messed up or gets that way somehow. His friend Begbie, for example, is an unhappy man. He feels he has to make himself seem tough by surrounding himself with "friends" who do nothing but boost his ego by letting Begbie put them down. Aside from being on and off heroin, his good friend Danny Murphy (or
Spud is a thief. His friend Simone (nicknamed Sick Boy) hears voices in his head willing him to do evil things when high. He likes to shoot dogs as their masters are taking them for a walk, and he enjoys using women for nothing but sex...
Moreover, Rent’s date on occasion, Hazel, was abused by her father when she was young, and she chooses to ‘shoot up’ to solve her problems. Rab McLaughlin (Second Prize) drinks himself into oblivion every chance he gets.
Davie, a cousin of Renton's has recently become HIV positive from a girl who was raped by a psychopath. Davie chooses to take revenge on him by pretending to kill the only thing he ever loved, an illegitimate child the psycho
Trainspotting is a phonetically written novel by Irvine Welsh. The Scottish heroin addict battles his way through the story to kick his addiction. The captivating story of the random events that occur during a critical time in a group of Scottish junkies' lives. Irvine Welsh illustrates the confusion and anger many heroin addicts are subjected to and what happens once they try to quit.
The story is based around Mark Renton, an ordinary twenty-two year old who was raised by a loving mother and father. Through court-mandated therapy he was told he envied his parents and resented his older brother. This was what contributed to Rents (his slang name) heroin usage. Bit by bit the reader is introduced to Rents' friends, cousins, friends' of friends, parents, friends' parents, the list goes on. Basically anyone involved
Renton’s life in one way or another.
Furthermore, Everyone in Rent’s life is messed up or gets that way somehow. His friend Begbie, for example, is an unhappy man. He feels he has to make himself seem tough by surrounding himself with "friends" who do nothing but boost his ego by letting Begbie put them down. Aside from being on and off heroin, his good friend Danny Murphy (or
Spud is a thief. His friend Simone (nicknamed Sick Boy) hears voices in his head willing him to do evil things when high. He likes to shoot dogs as their masters are taking them for a walk, and he enjoys using women for nothing but sex...
Moreover, Rent’s date on occasion, Hazel, was abused by her father when she was young, and she chooses to ‘shoot up’ to solve her problems. Rab McLaughlin (Second Prize) drinks himself into oblivion every chance he gets.
Davie, a cousin of Renton's has recently become HIV positive from a girl who was raped by a psychopath. Davie chooses to take revenge on him by pretending to kill the only thing he ever loved, an illegitimate child the psycho