Summer Reading Assignment: Entry Two

Please Ignore Vera Dietz

  

 

Character's Desires:

 

Vera Dietz:

1.She wants Charlie to still be alive.

2. She doesn't want to make the same mistakes her mom made.

3. She wants to live her life like a normal teenager and not have to worry about her destiny.

 

 

Ken Dietz:

1. He wants to prevent Vera from making the same mistakes he and Vera's mom made.

2. He wants to help Vera get through and try to move on after the death of Charlie.

3. He wants to prevent Vera from becoming an alcoholic because alcoholism runs in the family.

4. He wants to help make up for Vera's absent mom.

 

 

Charlie:

 

1. He wants Vera to clear his name.

2. He wishes he hadn't made all those poor decisions.

3. He wants Vera to find out the truth about what happened to him.

 

 

The Detentionheads/Jenny Flick:

1. Wants to turn Charlie against Vera.
2. Wants to hurt Vera because Charlie likes her and he doesn't like Jenny Flick(Ring leader of the Detentionheads).
3. Jenny Flick wants to tear apart Vera and Charlie's friendship.

Themes:
1. Try putting yourself in the other person's shoes.
This is shown when Vera and her dad go and visit a counselor. They are told to role play what it would be like being in the other person's shoes and it helped them realize that Vera's absent mom was causing a problem between the two of them because they both needed to accept the fact that she left them.

2. Don't let one setback bring you down.
After Vera's mom left her she didn't let that stop her from going on with life normally.

Structure:
My book is structured so that it's told in first person from Vera's point of view. Occasionally there is a short chapter told from Ken's point of view as well as Charlie's point of view.