INTERPRETATIVE STUDY COMPARISON ESSAY I have read the two books "Back On Track - Diary Of a Street Kid" by Margret Clarke, "Junk" by Melvin Burgess and watched the movie "Trainspotting" directed by Danny Boyle and based on a novel by Irvine Welsh. All of these texts involve the issue of drugs and how the affect young people. I chose this general topic as it is so relevant in today's life, yet I feel not …showed first 75 words of 2092 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2092 total…chose was drugs and how their use affects young people's lives. Each text did fit my topic, but I was surprised at how many more aspects I found similar between them. I now see that any texts can be linked in some way through characterisation, themes or style. As any story is written with the intention to not only to be entertaining, but also to convey messages and this is done using these three aspects.