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A Little Life - Coggle Diagram

- - - - He was orphaned and left in a monastery where he was raised. He was repeatedly sexually abused by the brothers.
        
        One of the brothers, Brother Luke, ran away with him and forced Jude into years of child prostitution.
        
        After he was rescued by the police, Jude was placed in state care, where the abuse continued at the hands of the counsellors.
        
        In the book, he was adopted by his professor, Harold and wife, Julia.
    - - Jude walks with a limp and suffers from severe nerve damage in his spine that causes him great pain.
        
        The damage to his legs was caused by a man called Dr. Traylor, who picked him up after he ran away from state care at age 15 and held him captive, eventually running him over with his car.
      - Jude often self harms because of his traumatic experiences. He attempts to kill himself a couple of times. He dies after Willem gets killed.
    - - Jude was abused at a young age so he finds it difficult to get into relationships.
      - In the book, he had a relationship with a man called Caleb, a fashion executive, but Caleb rapes Jude.
      - He then has a relationship with Willem. He dies in a car accident.
      - He is friends with JB and Malcom. In the book, JB makes fun of his limp so they are not friends anymore.
  - - - He is a waitor and aspiring actor.
      - Throughout the novel he has an extremely successful career and becomes a world-renowned actor.
    - - Marries Jude.
    - - Raised by Dutch and Icelandic parents.
      - Has a disabled brother who dies in his youth.