Trainspotting "Over the years‚ heroin and addiction have provided the subject matter for more than a few noteworthy films." The cult film Trainspotting‚ based on Irvine Welsh’s book of the same title‚ offers an attractive case study as it represents a wide view of British youth culture by considering a large number of issues such as the critiques of consumerism‚ Thatcherism‚ class stratification and gender identities. The film portrays the lifestyle of a group of young drug addicts which places
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Tolkien began learning languages at a fairly young age while living at home. His mother had taught him Latin‚ French‚ and German which sparked his interest in languages. Once entering grammar school‚ he explored several other languages; such as‚ Welsh‚ Finnish‚ and Old Norse. Tolkien first started inventing languages in his teenage years. One of his earlier projects was his reconstruction of an unrecorded early germanic language which might have been spoken by people from the germanic heroic age
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analysing is Passing Places‚ by Stephen Greenhorn. It is a Scottish play from 1998 which is set in Motherwell. Alongside with this‚ I will also analyse the movie ’Trainspotting’‚ a movie directed by Danny Boyle based on the novel ’Trainspotting’ by Irvine Welsh. First I will focus on the main characters in the several works and analyse their development throughout the play and the movie. Afterwards I will compare the play and film‚ and how they each depict Scotland. In the Scottish play Passing Places
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What many people do not realize is that scatology is more abundant than they think. It is in books‚ music‚ movies and almost every other medium of communication or entertainment. It has worked its way into our language‚ and the traditional words associated with scatology have even evolved to have new or multiple implications. Another important detail about scatology which more people need to understand is that it is not‚ in most cases‚ used for the sake of mere obscenity. Of course‚ there are individuals
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Sick Boy and Spud. Renton and his friends also hang out with Begbie. Then one day‚ Renton decides to give up heroin. But‚ he realized he needs one last high to get him through the night‚ he buys rectal suppositories from a dealer‚ Mikey Forrester (Irvine Welsh). After that last hit‚ Renton locks himself into a cheap room to endure the drug withdrawal. He then goes to a nightclub with his friends. He eventually leaves with a young woman named Diane. In the morning‚ Renton realizes that Diane is in fact
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17th century[edit source] Many Christian revivals drew inspiration from the missionary work of early monks‚ from the Protestant Reformation (and Catholic Reformation) and from the uncompromising stance of the Covenanters in 17th century Scotland and Ulster‚ that came to Virginia and Pennsylvania with Presbyterians and other non-conformists. Its character formed part of the mental framework that led to the American War of Independence and the Civil War. 18th century[edit source] The 18th century
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Rabbie"‚ Burns wrote the words to "Auld Lang Syne‚" the song sung around the world every New Year ’s Eve (Begley 115). Booker prize winner James Kelman‚ Alasdar Gray‚ Iain Banks and Irvine Welsh are also popular novelists and short fiction writers (Fraser 185). The movie Trainspotting‚ directed by Danny Boyle and based on Welsh ’s novel of Edinburgh ’s drug culture‚ has attracted a cult following like that of a rock band (Fraser 186). Sir Walter Scott is also another very famous novelist from Scotland
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Wider Reading Quotes! Train spotting- Irvine Welsh • “felt strange telling the truth” • “nervous silence at this strange moronic comment” • “They looked at him as if they hadn’t done anything illegal in their lives” • “amazing…how things like sex and Hibs were nothing to him when he was on smack‚ suddenly became all important” • “He felt his skeleton and central nervous system briefly rip out of his skin” • “mother superior‚ sick boy‚ Rents” Still I Rise – Maya Angelou • “You may
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Neurotransmitters Dr. C. George Boeree Neurotransmitters are the chemicals which allow the transmission of signals from one neuron to the next across synapses. They are also found at the axon endings of motor neurons‚ where they stimulate the muscle fibers. And they and their close relatives are produced by some glands such as the pituitary and the adrenal glands. In this chapter‚ we will review some of the most significant neurotransmitters. Acetylcholine Acetylcholine was the first neurotransmitter
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(Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press‚ 2004) Rankin‚ Ian‚ Black and Blue‚ (London: Orion Books‚ 1998) Rankin‚ Ian and Shields‚ Paula‚ ‘That Curmudgeonly‚ Old‚ Chain-Smoking Bugger Will Die Some Day’‚ Fortnight‚ No. 418 (Oct.‚ 2003)‚ pp. 24-25 Welsh‚ Irvine‚ Trainspotting‚ (Great Britain: Mandarin Paperbacks‚ 1996)
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