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Charles was David’s roommate in college at the University of Arizona. Charles was wealthy and led many exploits involving drugs during his time at school—exploits in which David frequently participated. Charles’s addiction led to several dangerous escapades, including Charles and David skydiving while high. Charles died of kidney and liver failure on the eve of his fortieth birthday. Personally losing a friend to addiction makes David extremely wary of Nic becoming addicted to drugs.
Charles Quotes in Beautiful Boy
The Beautiful Boy quotes below are all either spoken by Charles or refer to Charles. 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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Chapter 7
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Drug stories are sinister. Like some war stories, they focus on adventure and escape. In the tradition of a long line of famous and infamous carousers and their chroniclers, even hangovers and near-death experiences and visits to the emergency room can be made to seem glamorous. But often the storytellers omit the slow degeneration, psychic trauma, and, finally, the casualties.
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Charles Quotes in Beautiful Boy
The Beautiful Boy quotes below are all either spoken by Charles or refer to Charles. 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:
).
Chapter 7
Quotes
Drug stories are sinister. Like some war stories, they focus on adventure and escape. In the tradition of a long line of famous and infamous carousers and their chroniclers, even hangovers and near-death experiences and visits to the emergency room can be made to seem glamorous. But often the storytellers omit the slow degeneration, psychic trauma, and, finally, the casualties.
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
