Analysis of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw"
Mohamad Sbeih
Miss Cotton
English 1 5th
2-22-14
Diary of a Wimpy Kid THE LAST STAW
In 1998 Jeff came up with the idea for Diary of a Wimpy Kid, a story about a middle-school weakling named Greg Heffley. Jeff worked on his book for almost eight years before showing it to a publisher in New York. Jeff Kinney was born in 1971 in Maryland and attended the University of Maryland in the early 1990s. It was there that Jeff ran a comic strip called “Igdoof” in the campus newspaper, and he knew he wanted to be a cartoonist. However, Jeff was not successful in getting his comic strip syndicated after college, and in 1998 he started writing down ideas for Diary of a Wimpy Kid, which he hoped to turn into a book. Jeff worked on the book for six years before publishing it online on Funbrain.com in daily installments. To date, the online version of Diary of a Wimpy Kid has more than 80 million visits, and is typically read by more than 70,000 kids a day.
Gregory Heffley is the main character of the series, who talks about his misfortunes and inner thoughts through illustration. Like many kids his age he messes up a lot. His frustrations generally revolve around his family, friends, and schoolmates, particularly his best friend, Rowley's is pretty much an unpopular loser. Rowley Jefferson is Greg's best friend in the book. He is an unpopular kid in middle school that doesn't even try to get popular. But his friend Greg is the one always making suggestions they should do to get popular. But all the suggestions turn into trouble when Rowley's parents find out. Susan Heffley is Greg's mother. Though she tries to be loving, she sometimes seems dumb, embarrassing and overprotective a lot. She and her husband pay far more attention to Manny than their other two sons Rodrick and Greg and give their youngest nearly everything he wants. Because she doesn't want Manny to end up like Rodrick and Greg. Franklin Heffley is Greg's father. He is interested
Miss Cotton
English 1 5th
2-22-14
Diary of a Wimpy Kid THE LAST STAW
In 1998 Jeff came up with the idea for Diary of a Wimpy Kid, a story about a middle-school weakling named Greg Heffley. Jeff worked on his book for almost eight years before showing it to a publisher in New York. Jeff Kinney was born in 1971 in Maryland and attended the University of Maryland in the early 1990s. It was there that Jeff ran a comic strip called “Igdoof” in the campus newspaper, and he knew he wanted to be a cartoonist. However, Jeff was not successful in getting his comic strip syndicated after college, and in 1998 he started writing down ideas for Diary of a Wimpy Kid, which he hoped to turn into a book. Jeff worked on the book for six years before publishing it online on Funbrain.com in daily installments. To date, the online version of Diary of a Wimpy Kid has more than 80 million visits, and is typically read by more than 70,000 kids a day.
Gregory Heffley is the main character of the series, who talks about his misfortunes and inner thoughts through illustration. Like many kids his age he messes up a lot. His frustrations generally revolve around his family, friends, and schoolmates, particularly his best friend, Rowley's is pretty much an unpopular loser. Rowley Jefferson is Greg's best friend in the book. He is an unpopular kid in middle school that doesn't even try to get popular. But his friend Greg is the one always making suggestions they should do to get popular. But all the suggestions turn into trouble when Rowley's parents find out. Susan Heffley is Greg's mother. Though she tries to be loving, she sometimes seems dumb, embarrassing and overprotective a lot. She and her husband pay far more attention to Manny than their other two sons Rodrick and Greg and give their youngest nearly everything he wants. Because she doesn't want Manny to end up like Rodrick and Greg. Franklin Heffley is Greg's father. He is interested