The Film Trainspotting: Youth Subculture Model

Structure Model

The structure model posits that society is a complex unit, comprising of interrelated parts. The theory sees deviance as s normal and necessary part of society as it contributes to social order. As such, affirming to cultural values and norms whereby responding to deviant behavior aids in clarifying right and wrong. In the movie Trainspotting, the aftermath of the behavior of the characters helps clarify the use of heroin and other drugs as a bad behavior in society. Therefore, such behavior may act as a tool for promoting social change as people consider alternative values and norms.

Subculture Model

In Trainspotting, drug use is shown as a coherent and well-defined subcultural formation, which is seen to worsen the lives of the characters as the movie progresses. The movie reflects the drug culture although one might argue that the habit is a social evil haunting the young people thus making their lives more hopeless. Therefore, Trainspotting depicts the concept of youth subculture, especially the drug culture. The position of the working-class youth amidst a marginalized sub-group within the working-class culture of their parents. As such, there exists a suitable environment for the youth subcultural formation regarding the practice of drug abuse as a subcultural response to the

The youth in the movie feel that their deviant behavior is a norm which leads to them being labelled as drug users, whereby they are viewed differently by other people in society, such as their siblings and parents. Such shows that labeling an individual through secondary deviance leads to that person to incorporate that label into their own self-concept. It can also amount to stereotyping where an individual has to deal with the consequences. It is evident from the lives of characters, such as Tommy, Sick Boy, and Spud as they turn to taking whatever they can