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Vernon God Little Fiction Meets Reality In the novel Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre, the main character Vernon Little is a fifteen year old boy who is the prime suspect in a school shooting. While the novel and the characters are purely fictional, Vernon can easily be interpreted as a real person. The mindset of Vernon and the events that he experiences make him a real life character and in doing so, the book seems more realistic and therefore less fictional. Vernon’s views on fate, his mindset, and the problems he encounters all contribute to his real life quality. One aspect of Vernon that makes him appear as a real life person is that like everyone in the world, he has problems. It can be argued that many characters in different novels have problems as well, but what makes Vernon stand out is the fact that his problems are basic, everyday, common problems. Many times the struggles that characters face are unrealistic and ones that the readers cannot relate to. Vernon’s problems are unlike other characters’. Besides the obvious problems that Vernon is facing with the school shooting and the trial, Vernon also has everyday problems. vernon, real, pierre, people, fate, life, vernon’s, problems, novel, times, things, something, person, mother, about, story, human, characters, way, situation, mindset, makes, being, that’s, song, one, clouds, change, apart, while, takes, sun, same, out, lives