I decided to reflect on Dairy of a Wimpy Kid because as a child in elementary school I enjoyed reading them. Many times when I was younger I would have to read them when my parents aren’t watching because they think reading comic books are useless and that you don’t learn anything from it.  I don’t know where my parents have gotten the idea that Dairy of a Wimpy kid is a bad influence and that it teaches you to do naughty things.  I guess it makes sense because on certain days Greg Heffley does write about his mischievous actions and the pranks he pulled.

Personally,  I love reading Dairy of a Wimpy Kid. The tone that he uses in his dairy is very causal and really gives an insight into how young children think. Greg has a sassy style of writing that includes many slangs and words that are slightly sensitive that I wouldn’t use in my writing.   Greg’s humor was able to keep me entertained and made me curious about what else happened in his school day.  The drawings that he includes helps his dairy come to life. I like his drawing because it is interesting to see how he draws the different people that he dislikes. It inspired me to be more casual in my diary and eliminate the fear of being judged.  His dairy is a place where he rants about his daily life. For example, he talks about the two “morons” that sit next to him in class whom, he dislikes very much. He also talks about how “picking up chicks” in middle school is a lot hard than it was in elementary school. The moments that Greg dictates in his dairy remind me of times in middle school, where things were less stressful and more about having fun. I remember in middle school, in my class, there were a couple of class clowns that would also start something in the middle of nowhere. It was fun watching them argue with each other or busting things out loud but, I also felt bad for the teacher that had to deal with stupid shenanigans for the rest of their career. I guess I can say that Diary of Wimpy is nostalgic, where it brought back the period of time where my friends and I did stupid things because we wanted to have fun and be rebellious.