Irvine Welsh

Trainspotting: A Novel By Irvine Welsh      Trainspotting is a captivating story of the random events that occur during a critical time in a group of Scottish junkies' lives. Irvine Welsh illustrates the confusion, anger and turmoil many heroin addicts are subjected to and what happens once they try to quit.      The story is centered around Mark Renton, an ordinary twenty-two year old who was raised by a loving mother and father. He has two brothers:

In Irvine Welsh 's insane and drug-centered novel "Trainspotting" a standout amongst the most obvious yet disputable topics is the friendship between the main characters. This group of character are seen to be friends by us the readers but the question often raised is are they really friends or are they just together because each one has a fucked up life and it is together that they do not feel alone or so terrible? We the audience see this come to a climax as the edginess of their drug addiction

Irvine Welsh’s novel Trainspotting centres on Mark Renton and his group of friends, who are drug addicts living in 1980s Scotland, and follows their misadventures as their lives begin to deteriorate. While the detrimental effects of heroin and other drugs are clearly displayed, the negative effects of their unhealthy friendships are less obvious but equally toxic. Friendship in Trainspotting is a destructive force because it is corrupted by selfishness; it becomes an addiction which mirrors that

exploitative self interest that characterises the everyday life of heroin addiction." (Petrie 90) Its' realistic style, use of language and unflinching portrayal of drug use was what first attracted me to look at it a bit closer. Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh, it tells the story of a group of working class unemployed drug addicts, focusing on their problems with heroin abuse, inability to get a job and family problems. Set in

Irvine Welsh’s latest novel The Blade Artist (released this year) was a novel that caught my eye while I was looking along the shelves of my local library. The Blade Artist is a crime and thriller novel that keeps you guessing until the end. Frank Begbie’s first son, Sean Begbie is found dead in his hometown Leith and he makes it his mission to find the killer. He also encounters some old friends and enemies from before he basically changed his whole identity which is now an artist from Los Angeles

The use of counter culture and ideology can provide unique perspectives on the issues faced by everyone, even those who do not acknowledge it. Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh portrays a drug addict who rejects any conventions of normalcy in the pursuit of an alternate reality. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis does the same through the depiction of a rich and greedy Wall Street tycoon. This essay will closely analyze the themes of illusion and reality in Trainspotting and American Psycho. The relationship

a group of heroin addicts and their peers eking out an existence in 1980’s Edinburgh, Scotland. Based on a 1993 book of the same name by Irvine Welsh, the movie was a commercial success as well as critical one. It is ranked as the 10th best British movie of All Time by the British Film Institute in 1999 (Best 100 British Films). When the book was published Welsh was condemned for glamorizing heroin abuse, to which he responded that he was only depicting what was going on, what he knew, and who he

Trainspotting is the title on a fantastically well-made movie that’s mainly about choosing a life other than the one we are accustomed to in our daily lives. There are many reasons on how it is similar to today’s society. For example, Trainspotting deals with being stuck between different choices. The movie shows the importance of having right friends. Lastly, I liked the way mental illnesses are presented in Trainspotting. . One of the main themes of Trainspotting is making decisions. In teen and

There are many different types of communication that I can talk about, but my favorite form is intercultural which I was lucky enough to learn from my teacher. There are so many things to a culture and so many things that you notice from different cultures that others don’t have or “follow”. Things like their language, what they wear, what they eat, how they live, and so on, too many things that can be addressed from looking or going into detail with a culture. It’s really important to know what

Since my academic interests and strengths involve the mathematical and scientific topics, I had the voluntary impetus to pursue them at UC Irvine with all of my effort and determination. My favorite undergraduate courses were the Organic Chemistry 51A-C series, which taught me the skills of applying theoretical reactions into a lab setting as well as the significance of working through numerous application problems rather than simply memorizing content. The professor stressed that higher-performing