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Character Role Analysis

Vera Dietz / Jenny Flick

Vera Dietz and Jenny Flick are the two most important girls in Charlie Kahn's life—and they're very different. Whereas Vera is responsible, serious, and doesn't want to get involved with boys too early (in accordance with her father's advice), Jenny is a Detentionhead who is constantly getting in trouble and offers Charlie a blowjob the first time that she talks to him, even though she's dating someone else at the time. They represent two choices for Charlie—one good (Vera) and one bad (Jenny)—and unfortunately, in the end he ends up making the wrong choice, which leads to his untimely death.