With today's snow in NYC i thought it would be a good time for me to write my first blog post. Snow like this reminds me of Rowley in A Diary of a Wimpy Kid, in the movie though not the book. As I was putting on my snow gear today to go and frolic in the snow I image Rowley and how bundled up he would be and how he would look. I think of this because of the time he rolled down the hill on his plastic bike and Greg then hit him with a football. I also thought of how ridiculous and round he looked in his Halloween costume in both the book and the movie. He sure looked like he could handle the cold in that get-up.
"Rowley's mom made all these safety improvements to it, and you couldn't even tell what he was suppose to be anymore. She cut out a big hole in the front of the helmet so he could see better, and covered him up in all reflective tape. She made him wear his winter coat underneath everything, and she replaced his sword with a glow stick."
This kid was definitely warm, especially after he got done running through the neighborhood to get away from those teenagers. I can figure part of this scene is suppose to be symbolic of bullying but couldn't Greg's parents come to pick the two up. The book seems to be set in middle class suburbia, giving many people the impression that the Heffley's would have a car, That brings up another question, if so many middle school children can relate to the series of books, what about those children who do not live anywhere near a suburban lifestyle. Do they still find the same humor and situations in the book but are they far worse off? (Not to say that some children should not read these books because they do not live this sort of lifestyle.)
I do see why many kids would like this style of book. It's like a picture book for older children. It also takes kids away from the ordinary word after word page after page non-turner. Seeing as how kids have been losing their imagination with all these new tech gadgets it's not so hard to picture what's going on because the pictures are right there in the books. I mean, there are plenty of middle school sucks books out there but very few will ever become as popular as this; let's see how long James Patterson's Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life takes to reach the NY Times Bestseller list. Even than Patterson in a famous writer, Jeff Kinney went from no one to a legend because of Greg Heffley. Only adults probably recognize these things, kids could care less who writes what but the Wimpy Kid probably is a hero in their eyes.
There is a Wimpy Kid in all of us and sometimes the Wimpy Kid never leaves. We've all had those moments when we thought we were the sh*t and our friend seriously needs to change his or her out look on life. All of us have tried be the changer and the changed. For everyone's good its best when we change on our own in our own terms. In the end Greg comes out on top because he took the blame of the cheese touch. I will always believe Rowley is the real hero. For me he is a more likable character. It wasn't always about him, him, him unlike with Greg (and most middle schoolers)
He reminded me to a great extent about myself. I was always the odd ball, lacking in friends, but I tried my best not to be like someone else. I will admit though we all have our moments when we consciously or unconsciously follow the trends of someone. What is important is that we figure out why we are doing it and then think about what we really want.
"Rowley's mom made all these safety improvements to it, and you couldn't even tell what he was suppose to be anymore. She cut out a big hole in the front of the helmet so he could see better, and covered him up in all reflective tape. She made him wear his winter coat underneath everything, and she replaced his sword with a glow stick."
This kid was definitely warm, especially after he got done running through the neighborhood to get away from those teenagers. I can figure part of this scene is suppose to be symbolic of bullying but couldn't Greg's parents come to pick the two up. The book seems to be set in middle class suburbia, giving many people the impression that the Heffley's would have a car, That brings up another question, if so many middle school children can relate to the series of books, what about those children who do not live anywhere near a suburban lifestyle. Do they still find the same humor and situations in the book but are they far worse off? (Not to say that some children should not read these books because they do not live this sort of lifestyle.)
I do see why many kids would like this style of book. It's like a picture book for older children. It also takes kids away from the ordinary word after word page after page non-turner. Seeing as how kids have been losing their imagination with all these new tech gadgets it's not so hard to picture what's going on because the pictures are right there in the books. I mean, there are plenty of middle school sucks books out there but very few will ever become as popular as this; let's see how long James Patterson's Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life takes to reach the NY Times Bestseller list. Even than Patterson in a famous writer, Jeff Kinney went from no one to a legend because of Greg Heffley. Only adults probably recognize these things, kids could care less who writes what but the Wimpy Kid probably is a hero in their eyes.
There is a Wimpy Kid in all of us and sometimes the Wimpy Kid never leaves. We've all had those moments when we thought we were the sh*t and our friend seriously needs to change his or her out look on life. All of us have tried be the changer and the changed. For everyone's good its best when we change on our own in our own terms. In the end Greg comes out on top because he took the blame of the cheese touch. I will always believe Rowley is the real hero. For me he is a more likable character. It wasn't always about him, him, him unlike with Greg (and most middle schoolers)
He reminded me to a great extent about myself. I was always the odd ball, lacking in friends, but I tried my best not to be like someone else. I will admit though we all have our moments when we consciously or unconsciously follow the trends of someone. What is important is that we figure out why we are doing it and then think about what we really want.