Diary of a Wimpy Kid part 2

           Adults always tell children or teens to never give up, keep on trying, or try new things.  Greg Heffley took never give up and try new things to the extreme. Throughout the book, Greg was always wanting to try something new. Greg went from wanting to gain muscle for wrestling by working out (he got bored), to wanting to be a cartoonist for the school newspaper (did not work out). You can never say that Greg never tried. In one of his classes Greg wanted to build a robot, but the idea did not turn out as planed, and well, he got kicked out of the class. Students could take away from Greg's mistakes that he tried something  new even if it did not go as planned.
         Greg lets his friend take the blame for something bad he did, and never said anything. This is when I would step in and say something to my students, and explain to them that lying is bad. That is part of the book I did not like, Greg was mean to people especially his best friend. His best friend always stuck by his side until Greg did not step in and said he was the one who chased the kids with the worm on the stick. I also found it weird how he said that other students were dumb or mean, when he did really dumb things like let his friend take the fall for his mistake.
       There is so much humor in this book that it almost makes you miss a good underlying subject that a student can take away from reading this book. But the humor only adds to reasons why students would love to read this book. The underlying subjects like bullying, lying, and never giving up, are great teaching points for parents and teachers. I think that even though the character in the story has some faults, I believe this book will encourage students to read more.