Vera Dietz Summary Ques

In the novel Please Ignore Vera Dietz a lot of things that traditional high school students go through are very popular in the novel.  Vera is a closet alcoholic, and gets in trouble with her dad when he finds out that she got drunk and made out with her 23 year old co-worker. She claims to be in love with this guy named James.  She gets drunk all the time and ends up hanging out with this weird burnt out guy. Vera is also very weird towards people since charlie has died, she feels that she wants to be a lone hence the name please ignore Vera Dietz.  Vera has changed a lot since what she was like when the story started. There are a lot of problems that Vera faces that a lot of kids in high school face today. Weather that be that Drugs and Alcohol, to peer pressure, losing friendships, and even falling in love.  Vera has been a victim to all of these. She has experimented with alcohol and drugs, because she feels that they help her with her troubles. They may have helped for a little but long term it is not good for her. She mainly more than anything in the book she has lost her friendship with Charlie. Not just because he is dead, but they fell far apart just recently and for really no reason. This is very viewable in real life because a lot of times in high school good friends drift apart for no good reason. It is something high school students have to learn to deal with. They can not turn to substances in order to change who they are or cope with what they are feeling. I can relate to Vera because in high school her and I both have been subject to all these things. I have changed a lot, but in the long run I am a highschool student and all of us are going to be subject to these things we just can not let it affect us.