Diary of a Wimpy Kid isn't a Wimpy Book

Based off the cover of the book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, by Jeff Kinney, it looks like a typical kiddy, dessert book that was only read for fun. I’ve completed the whole series and that’s not entirely true. Dairy of a Wimpy Kid is about a middle school kid named Gregory Heffley and as a kid, you relate to him in many ways. Every once and a while from most middle school kids, they eventually get picked on, they rarely feel like doing their school work and get bossed around far too much by their parents. This book also takes some heavy focuses on some issues many young children face today, like friendship. The book does a fantastic job restating the lives of children and speaks in the voice of a child. Even the book’s targeted audience is children, adults can enjoy it just as much. Therefore, Diary of a Wimpy Kid isn’t a wimpy book.

            When teenagers start to turn older, they start to look at the past. Some feel that the younger version of themselves isn’t as mature as what they are now. They could possibly be fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, etc. But the book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid helps remember past childhood for older people, because typical childhood depends and relates to the book so heavily. Greg Heffley is the most typical teenager you can think of. Once he enters sixth grade, his mood changes, like almost every other kid. Greg concentrates on being so uptight about being cool and start living the life as a teenager. For example, Greg hates when his friend Rowley says, “Hey, do you want to come to my house and plaaaayyyy??!!” Greg then starts talking to him like if he was being embarrassed. He tells him the middle school kids don’t say “play” or “play date”. They say hang out. Although, that does sound really obnoxious, it’s kind of a spark that many middle school kids feel once they want to start acting like older kids. Kids may feel that the younger version of themselves is immature in a kind of way, but it’s still important to cherish the memories. It’s fine for older children to think that saying play or play date is wimpy, but the days when they were younger are precious and started saying all that, it’s precious. You can only live as a kid once.            

Diary of a Wimpy Kid doesn’t exactly tell you that childhood memories are precious. The reader needs to find that out themselves. Although, the look of the book tells the moral. It’s in a format of a journal and it makes the reader feel like the whole book is a memory. Greg may seem to hate his memories because it’s mostly scenes where he’s getting annoyed by his friends or family. But Greg’s passion for writing all it down in a diary shows how much he would probably care about his childhood. He would want to remember all the past experiences he had, even if it was lame. To many readers, that could show how much you need to love your childhood memories because they don’t last for long.

In conclusion, Diary of a Wimpy Kid is not a wimpy book. Just because the look of the book seems like a cheesy children’s book, it tells why childhood memories are important. Never judge a book by it’s cover! The look of the book has a nice feeling and touch to it about childhood memories, that it helps the reader think about his/her past. Even if someone felt that their childhood was annoying, being an adult isn’t that cool. Being a young child only happens once. Enjoy it while it’s there!