Trainspotting

by

Irvine Welsh

Kelly Character Analysis

Kelly is a friend of Rent Boy’s who works as a bartender. She likes him at the beginning of the story, and for a brief period of time they have a relationship, but it ends when Rent Boy goes to London. Over the course of the story, Kelly experiences catcalling and rude treatment from men. While the novel largely portrays a male perspective, Kelly helps expand the perspective and reveal some aspects of Leith life to which many of the male characters are oblivious.

Kelly Quotes in Trainspotting

The Trainspotting quotes below are all either spoken by Kelly or refer to Kelly . 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
).
Exile Quotes

The guys are looking embarrassed, really shit up by the crowd that’s developed. It’s sortay like, feeding off itself.

Related Characters: Kelly (speaker), Rent Boy, Begbie, Alison
Page Number: 275
Explanation and Analysis:
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Kelly Quotes in Trainspotting

The Trainspotting quotes below are all either spoken by Kelly or refer to Kelly . 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
).
Exile Quotes

The guys are looking embarrassed, really shit up by the crowd that’s developed. It’s sortay like, feeding off itself.

Related Characters: Kelly (speaker), Rent Boy, Begbie, Alison
Page Number: 275
Explanation and Analysis: