Life has been tough for the teenagers on the street, they all find out about the struggles of living in these cold hard streets. Barbara Haworth-Attard shows us life on the streets of the four main characters in her book theories of relativity. Living on the streets is tough, and these four kids found out the hard way. Most of them will be stuck on the streets forever such as amber, twitch, and Jenna, but Dylan might be able to make it out
The first character who is unlikely to get off the street is Amber. Amber is street smart and incredibly alone. Amber can’t go one conversation without saying every bad word known to man. Amber struggles with prostitution, and she is pregnant. When she talked to Dylan, she was very mad at him for leaving
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her when they had sex and twitch tell Dylan she is pregnant. Dylan's is surprised "pregnant?" (73) But he quickly realizes that's it's not him. Although Amber has a home she doesn't have a real life, Towards the end of the book she is pregnant and refuses to accept any help "I was trying to convince her to see the street nurse. She's not had any prenatal care at all. And look at her!" - Ainsley. It is unlikely that she will pull through without proper medical attention, but if Amber does make it through her pregnancy, she will get government care and revive money every month which might help her get off the streets. The second character who is unlikely to get off the street is Twitch.
He struggles with his drug addiction throughout the book and does whatever it takes to get his hands on some. For instance, when twitch asked Dylan for money Dylan said no because "twitch doesn't want to feed his stomach, just his veins." (23). Unless twitch tries hard to stop his addiction to drugs and goes to rehab, he will probably be stuck on the streets for an extended period. Towards the end of the book, Twitch is in the hospital to get treatment for his addiction "He is In the hospital. He is sick with pneumonia and hepatitis. They're not sure if he's going to pull through" - Ainsley. I don't think Twitch will get off the streets because he might die, but even if he does pull through he will be back on the streets doing drugs …show more content…
again. The third character who is unlikely to get off the street is Jenna.
She has been tricked into working for the man on the streets; Vulture. And she lacks making smart decisions which would help her get off the streets. She struggles with drugs and prostitution throughout the book. For instance, She uses drugs and is getting abused every day by Vulture. When she talked to Dylan, she told him "I was totally wasted last night. "(81). Ever since she was addicted to drugs, her relationship with Dylan gets shaky, which gives vulture the perfect opportunity to get her into prostitution. Towards the end of the book Jenna and Dylan meet up at a parking lot where someone was dropping her off, Dylan confronted Jenna and knew she was doing prostitution "Turning tricks. You're turning tricks!" - Dylan. He is furious, but Jenna doesn't seem to care all that much. It seems as if this life, has become standard for Jenna and that's why I think she will be stuck in prostitution until Vulture thinks she is no longer
profitable. The fourth character who is likely to get off the street is Dylan. He is smart, and I believe he is smart because living on the streets can be hard and unknown, and even though Dylan stands high on what he believes in, always keeping his mind busy with new theories and ideas, and even now still finds comfort in the warmth of the library and reading. He stands firm for what he believes in; Dylan says he will never work in prostitution, steal or sell drugs. At the start of the book Dylan was offered a job/school by Glenn. He refused his offer and said he doesn't want to go to school " wish he'd shut up about his stupid school. It takes all my time just to stay alive. There's none left over for studying." (84). Dylan's only option at that point was to take glens offer, but he refused, so then he was stuck with Vulture on trying to survive on the streets all by himself. Towards the end of the book, Dylan has a lot more experiences and is struggling a lot more than before. Jenna doesn't talk to him; his family hates him, and Vulture is trying to kill him. At this point, Dylan is at rock bottom and says "They've taken my entire life. They have taken me" - Dylan. But even after all that Dylan is Motivated to fix his life, so he talks to Glen about work at the end of the book. Dylan calls Glen on his last quarter asking "when can I work?". Even though all these characters are fictional, Their life reflects real life situations for teens living on the street. Even though most these teens will be stuck on the road, Dylan will be able to make it out of there.
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