discuss the relation Albert shares with Yuri and Elsa

Albert and Yuri have a close relationship: Yuri is his friend and confidant. Albert has a fondness for Yuri and shares his problems and frustrations with him. Yuri helps Albert in his plans to get a certificate suggesting he had experienced a nervous breakdown so that he could be excused from the boring school routine. Elsa is Albert's cousin who lives in Berlin. She is a foil to Einstein in that she feels one must learn only as much as is required to pass exams. She feels learning things like a parrot and reproducing them is enough to pass exams. She shows no thirst for knowledge and no interest in true learning.