Trainspotting

by

Irvine Welsh

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Dianne Character Analysis

Dianne is a teenage girl who Rent Boy picks up at a nightclub and has sex with. Rent Boy didn’t pay attention to her age because he was on speed and Dianne was wearing a lot of make-up, but after seeing her in the morning, he reconsiders his life choices, at least temporarily. The incident may be one of many factors in Rent Boy’s decision to get out of Leith, although he continues to have a conflicted relationship with his own sexuality.

Dianne Quotes in Trainspotting

The Trainspotting quotes below are all either spoken by Dianne or refer to Dianne . 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:
Addiction and Society Theme Icon
).
Kicking Again Quotes

Perhaps, he allowed himself to speculate, they had some perverse parental feelings for her. He had noted that with older people. They often try to control younger, more popular and vivacious people; usually due to the fact that they are jealous of the qualities the younger people have and they lack.

Related Characters: Rent Boy (speaker), Dianne
Page Number: 145
Explanation and Analysis:
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Dianne Quotes in Trainspotting

The Trainspotting quotes below are all either spoken by Dianne or refer to Dianne . 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:
Addiction and Society Theme Icon
).
Kicking Again Quotes

Perhaps, he allowed himself to speculate, they had some perverse parental feelings for her. He had noted that with older people. They often try to control younger, more popular and vivacious people; usually due to the fact that they are jealous of the qualities the younger people have and they lack.

Related Characters: Rent Boy (speaker), Dianne
Page Number: 145
Explanation and Analysis: