Davie Renton was Rent Boy and Billy’s brother; he was fully paralyzed and died before the events of the novel. Other kids made fun of Davie’s condition, and they made fun of Rent Boy and Billy as a result. Davie’s paralyzed condition has strong parallels to Rent Boy’s own condition while high, particularly during the “Junk Dilemmas” interludes in the book.
Davie Renton Quotes in Trainspotting
The Trainspotting quotes below are all either spoken by Davie Renton or refer to Davie Renton . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Blowing It
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Ah have an unresolved relationship wi ma deid brother, Davie, as ah huv been unable tae work oot or express ma feelings about his catatonic life and subsequent death.
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Davie Renton Quotes in Trainspotting
The Trainspotting quotes below are all either spoken by Davie Renton or refer to Davie Renton . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Blowing It
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Ah have an unresolved relationship wi ma deid brother, Davie, as ah huv been unable tae work oot or express ma feelings about his catatonic life and subsequent death.
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