An Exploration into Addiction and Self Concern in the group of cavalier characters in the novel Trainspotting by Irvine welsh In Irvine Welsh’s disturbing and tragic novel ‘Trainspotting’ one of the most poignant yet controversial themes is the friendship between the central characters. This comes to crisis point as the desperation of their heroin addiction increases. The novel ‘Trainspotting’ is a story of addiction and betrayal and for characters in the novel life is …showed first 75 words of 1839 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1839 total…setting and gutter language helps to illuminate drugs to the reader. The novel details the good sides to drugs and shows how they can be pleasurable and it becomes understandable why characters in the novel are in these situations. This to some people may seem like inviting drugs, but the saddening events in the novel convey the other side to drugs and their effects. And the novel as a whole certainly doesn’t encourage them.