ADAPTATION OF NOVEL

Adaptation of 'Train Spotting' from novel to film

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Introduction

The novel by Irvine Welsh 'Trainspotting' had been very popular in the entire Britain. The novel portrayed the life of a heroin addict. It was said that it was not clear at all whether the author glorified addiction and that of heroin or whether the author pointed to the social and individual ill of addiction and that of heroin addiction. However, the author has also written many other novels, such as the Porno. These novels suggest that the novelist has no intention of condemning the social taboos. Instead, the novelist portrays a life with these taboos. Still, it is not feasible to comment on the choice of the novelist's topics, which are mostly ludicrous.

As soon as the novel came to the market in 1996, it sold more than 400,000 copies the worldwide over (Spike Magazine, 1997). It is no doubt that the novel received much hype and was accordingly read by many. Still, it is not clear whether the readers really like the novel, story, and the plot. Very quickly after the ostensible success of the novel as determined from its number of copies sold, the producer, Andrew McDonald, decided to adapt the story of the novel into his new film which was eponymous. Further, it is argued that both the novel and the film had been brilliantly and aggressively marketed throughout Britain and reached the mainstream Britain despite its being a black comedy with a setting of a heroin addict (Smith, 2002).

Adaptation of Trainspotting

The train spotting has been adapted from the novel to the film. The film has done only minor changes to the plot, while small, insignificant sub-plots in the novel have been expunged in the film (Radcliffe, 2007).

The film plot

The plot of the film goes that ...