Theories of Relativity

Waheed Ahmed The book I take up chosen to double-dyed(a) my ISP journal on is Theories of relativity by Barbara Haworth-Attard. The second half(prenominal) of the book begins with Dylan programmening a excursion to Murdock to try to move in with his grandparents. However, this plan fails miserably when he discoers that his grandm some other(a) has died and his grandfather is soon to follow. His situation only worsens when he returns to Toronto Dylan is brutally beaten by Brendans men for his attempt at outpouring a inditeity with Jenna.To help cope with the fuss of broken bones and sore muscles from the beating, Dylan accepts or so mysterious pills from Jenna. He soon becomes habituated to them and longs for more(prenominal). He then realizes that he has been betrayed by Jenna and soon finds himself indebted to Brendan. Due to the acerbity of these events Dylan begins to reflect on the type of bread and butter he is life story. He is fed up and realizes he needs to tu rn his smell-time around. After being denied another contribute from Glen, Dylan takes the first step to turning his life around by accepting a job offer as inculcate at a computer lab.The master(prenominal) themes of this book would be family relationships, dispossessedness, nature versus facts of life and always staying true to ones moral values. Dylans character is rattling(prenominal) similar to another character named Jesse Pinkman from the picture series Breaking Bad. Jesse is a drug addict and a upstart high school dropout. Jesse finds himself living in the streets after his parents refuse to financially stand-in him. Jesses parents forbid him from reentering their household because they guess he will act as a negative influence on their seemingly perfect son, Gale.However, Jesse has a actually good relationship with his untesteder familiar. Interestingly, Jesse ascertains as though Gale is his personal responsibility erst he discovers that Gale is experime nting with marijuana and headed towards a perverting pathway. The relationship between Jesse and Gale is almost selfsame(a) to Dylans relationship with Micha and Jordan. Jesse feels responsible for Gale because he has experienced that lifestyle and wants to ensure that Gale doesnt follow in his footsteps.Both Dylan and Jesse feel that the parents are not doing a open job and want to intervene for the cash advance of their siblings. Making the connection between these twain very similar characters allows one to correct a more accurate sagaciousness towards why quite a little act the way they do. This connection helped me see another align of Dylan and understand why he cared so much about the wellbeing of Micha and Jordan. solely his efforts were to ensure that they did not end up in his situation.On that same note, Jesse had make the mistake of experimenting with drugs and didnt want his brother to make the same mistake. A major(ip) difference between somewhat(prenomina l) these characters is that Jesses parents were very supportive and helpful, whereas Dylans were the complete opposite. Ultimately it did not matter how their parents brocaded them because their milieu would mold them into different people. Personally, I bathroom also relate to how Dylan and Jesse tangle about not being able to help their siblings.In my case, my cousins parents were not very strict on practicing Islam, the religion that we both shared. I felt as though it was my duty to develop my cousin about the elemental principles of Islam because I felt he was deprived of something rightfully valuable. He was labeled a Muslim but did not piddle the basic understanding of what it meant to be one. However my efforts rendered baseless as my aunt did not assess me teaching her son about Islam because she was Christian and her husband did not have a say in the matter.It was not my make duty to help my cousin til now I only took the responsibility because I felt his paren ts were not doing a worthy job of educating their son about every religion. I felt want the parents were respectable an obstacle between me helping someone. Ultimately, the parents had more authority than me so I was to do what they asked. This experience helped me understand the bewareset of both Dylan and Jesse. No matter how much Dylan scorned drug abuse, ultimately it was not in his control. He became addicted to drugs due to the environmental circumstances.This is the subject of nature versus nurture that Theories of Relativity is structured around. The author shows the reader how an environment such as Dylans can change any person disregardless of race, gender and certainly not age. The author demonstrates just how vulnerable the human mind is to assimilation. The messages the author conveys can also have to the real universe of discourse situation of homelessness. hostel doesnt realize the harsh realities of living on streets and our views are solely found on what we see visually and what the media feeds us. oer 7 000 people are homeless in Toronto as of 2012.After doing some research, I was astonished by how accurately the author has depicted the issues discussed in the book. Issues like prostitution, drug abuse and homelessness are very prominent in my own city The author also raises many grave questions in the book. For example, can an immoral enactment like separateing be justify if it is committed when one is severely expansive? Normally I would automatically disaccord because taking someone elses belongs is extremely wrong. However, in Dylans situation he only stole exactly what he needed to survive, basic necessities.He would steal when he was desperate and there was no other option. In my eyes, if you are young and healthy, like Dylan then you have the faculty to work and support yourself. Based on the book, I believe Dylan did not stay as he stopped seek after his first job interrogate failed. If Dylan kept trying he could h ave been hired and in doing so he could have avoided many problems. On the other hand Dylan had the option of many other illegal and immoral sources of income like change drugs but he stood true to his morals and declined those offers.In relation to the real world I see that the government should crap more programs aimed to help under-aged homeless people. These programs should be more inviting to the homeless and serve as a viable escape track from the street life. It is ridiculous that in a developed country like Canada over 300 000 people are homeless (Bri Trypuc Homeless in Canada) I think after reading this book, we as a society should come together in collaboration and help these homeless people get off the streets and become contribute members of society.