Diary of a Wimpy Kid

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid In Diary of a Wimpy Kid, a 2010 children’s comedy based on books written by Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley is 6th grader trying to navigate his way through his new middle school as well as middle childhood development. Many people in his life influence his journey and impact his actions, emotions, and views. Roger, his older brother, is the kind of cocky brother who’s always teasing and beating him up. His younger brother, Manny, is the annoying brother and is a source of embarrassment for Greg. Manny potty trains while eating cereal and he calls Greg “Bubby”, which, according to Greg, is too childish. Greg’s mother has bought him a diary, but Greg persistently insists it is a journal and not a “diary”. In Greg’s journal he has to write about his days and, apparently, his feelings. He writes about his best friends Rowley Jefferson and Fregley, who treat Greg like he is still a child. Initially, his friends are a source of frustration as they at first seem to lack social cue reading skills needed to be a “Class Favorite”, which are mock election like positions published in the annual school yearbook. Winning those mock elections would automatically put Greg at the highest ranking and would make him popular. Throughout the movie, Greg’s value of friendship is deconstructed and rebuilt through prevalent themes of social acceptance, identity, and belonging. Although this movie was made to be slightly dramatic to appeal to a younger audience, the ideas represented middle childhood very accurately. There is a large diversity of students in this movie and many of the events and feelings that the characters experienced in the movie are things that I went through in my development through middle school too. I experienced extreme bullying because of my appearance, as well as, trying to fit in with my social nitch. The relatable developments in this movie
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