"So I make him say what I want him to say. He doesn't even know he's doing it, but Vera will understand.
She knows I am her pickle.
I am the pizza box and the light switch.
I am the note from James dissolving in her gastric acid, unread. One thing about the other side is that you find out the truth.
If Vera were to die right now, she'd know everything that's in the cigar box i left her. She'd find out that Jenny Flick always hated her because she's classy without having to try. She's see how it all played out-how Jenny fought when I tried to break up with her. How she took my dad's old gas can from the garage and took it to Zimmerman's. How she stole my Zippo lighter, too.She's see how I drank a bottle of tequila and ate the worm later on to forget and feel better about the whole thing. How John gave me a handful of pills while we drove around in his car, and how I'm not really sure how many I took.
She's see that her mother loves her but never wanted children, and feels so guilty about it, she's paralyzed. She's see that her father is just about to face his stuff and get on with his life. (He's going to start by asking Hannah at the bank out to dinner.)
On one hand, it's nice on the other side. Secrets don't exist. There's nothing to ignore, and no destiny. On the other hand, the same thing is possible in life, if only we'd start paying attention to the right stuff."
I think this passage really hooks the reader because it really just explains the whole book, it shows how alike Vera and Charlie are, like where it talks about Vera eating James' note. It pulls them in because they are wondering why Jenny would take the gas and lighter, what is she going to do with it? Also the last paragraph goes with the theme I talked about in my last post, talking about how you shouldn't ignore things and start paying attention to the world. The reader might feel worried after they hear that charlie chased a bunch of pills with tequila because they know that must have killed him. By the end of the passage they might feel optimistic that Mr. Dietz is finally getting his life in order.
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