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==Characters== |
==Characters== |
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===Main characters=== |
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*'''[[Greg Heffley]]''' {{endash}} This is the main character of all the books.He is in middle school and is the best friend of Rowley Jefferson. He also likes video games and comics. He lies mostly to get out of problems and avoids Rodrick and older kids at his school from bullying him. He was the cartoonist of the short-lived school newspaper comic, "[[Creighton the Cretin]]", a tree in the school production of ''[[The Wizard of Oz (adaptations)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', a safety patrol guard, and a pirate for Halloween.Once he accidentally went into the ladies bathroom in the second book: diary of a wimpy kid rodrick rules..<ref>{{cite book |last=Kinney |first=Jeff |authorlink=Jeff Kinney (writer) |title=Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw |origyear=2009 |origmonth=January |accessdate=2008-08-01 |series=[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)]] |publisher=[[Amulet Books]] }}</ref> |
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*'''Rodrick Heffley''' {{endash}} Greg's dumb older brother. Rodrick mainly bullies on Greg since they are in a sibling rivalry. Also, he has his own band called Löded Diper and plays as a drummer. He is fond of [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] and reads magazines that feature women in [[bikinis]]. He also has a liking for [[shrunken head]]s. He enjoys getting in trouble and blaming it on Greg, which almost always works. He tried to humiliate Greg by video-taping his part in ''[[The Wizard of Oz (adaptations)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', which he failed because Greg didn't sing at all during the made-up song, We Three Trees. For Christmas he gives Greg a collection of the comic strip, Lil' Cutie, which Greg thinks is he worst comic strip ever. |
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*'''[[Rowley Jefferson]]''' {{endash}}tecnicly Greg's best friend who usually helps with Greg with his schemes. Rowley is dumb and naive. He is an only child and also "vain fool." Rowley gets a lot of attention from the girls in his grade. He was falsely accused of chasing kindergarteners with a worm on a stick, which was actually Greg wearing his coat. He then told the principal and Greg lost his duty on safety patrol. He did not forgive Greg so they were not friends for a while, but much later they got over it. After that, he was the cartoonist of the school newspaper comic, "[[Zoo-Wee-Mama!]]" He was forced by bullies to eat 'The Cheese' (a stinky piece of rotted cheese left on the school blacktop in the first book: diary of a wimpy kid), and received the honor of being picked Class Clown in the school yearbook<ref>{{cite book |last=Kinney |first=Jeff |authorlink=Jeff Kinney (writer) |title=Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw |origyear=2009 |origmonth=January |accessdate=2008-08-01 |series=[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)]] |publisher=[[Amulet Books]] }}</ref> |
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*'''[[Manny Heffley]]''' {{endash}} Greg's younger brother. He calls Greg "Bubby", which he does NOT want anyone to know. Manny is also very small and has an [[Malocclusion|overbite]]. Manny has an art for getting away with anything because he is the smallest, the "baby" and because he can use his cute looks to get out of trouble, although Frank and Susan probably wouldn't ground Manny for anything. He is also major tattle tail. Greg also says that Manny is an excellent climber and sneak, displayed in a scene in which Manny gets to the top of Greg's closet, picks the lock from Greg's possession box and stuffs his Walkman with brownies. Manny is fond of drawing, candy, and getting Greg into trouble. Most of the reason that he angers Greg is that he gets more rights than Greg used to have at Manny's age (three), for instance bring his "playing gear" to church so that Manny will be comfortable. In fact, from Greg's description, Manny has more rights now than Greg ever did. When Greg complains about Manny's mischief, he responds, "I'm ownwy thwee!" Also, one Christmas, Manny circled everything in a toy catalog and got everything (even though Greg warned him not to or he'd end up with all clothes). Greg said, "I bet he's glad he didn't listen to me." At a school play, Manny called Greg "BUBBY!" but greg was able to peg the name on an other student.Manny also has a blanket called Tingy even thoug he has had it for 2 years and all thats left is 2 long threads.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kinney |first=Jeff |authorlink=Jeff Kinney (writer) |title=Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw |origyear=2009 |origmonth=January |accessdate=2008-08-01 |series=[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)]] |publisher=[[Amulet Books]] }}</ref> |
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*'''Susan Heffley''' {{endash}} Greg's mother. Susan is a middle class mom who is caring, but sometimes ''over''caring. Susan is a good mom and wife, but sometimes embarrasses her children/husband, but is nearly always cheery and accepting. She also likes to call Greg "Honeybunches", which usually embarrasses Greg. The fact that she never removes her glasses bears a resemblance to June Drabble, another cartoon character. Greg calls Susan "Mom" whenever he writes about her in his diary. Greg often shows evidence that Susan doesn't understand kids at Greg's age. Greg says she likes "just about every kind of music ever to exist" and dancing, even to Rodrick's heavy metal music.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kinney |first=Jeff |authorlink=Jeff Kinney (writer) |title=Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw |origyear=2009 |origmonth=January |accessdate=2008-08-01 |series=[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)]] |publisher=[[Amulet Books]] }}</ref> |
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*'''Frank Heffley''' {{endash}} Greg's father. Frank loves sports, reading and "building character" .Frank hates video games, rock and roll, and his eldest son's friend Bill. Frank likes doing outdoor projects and weight lifting and many other "manly things." Frank also encourages Rodrick, Greg, and Manny to do "manly stuff" with him, especially since Greg was younger and Frank tried to encourage him to work out so he could have big [[muscle]]s, only to have Greg respond with, "Muscles are GROSS!" when Greg was smaller Frank also has a habit of doing stuff for other people if they don't do things right, much to Rodrick's pleasure, especially since he "plays dumb" with his History homework. Frank also had a cat called Nutty, which his own father told him ran away to a Butterfly Farm and was very, very happy, although in reality the cat froze like a popsicle on the front porch (in winter) because Frank's dad forgot to let him in. Years later when Frank's dad came over for a family visit in the winter, he told Frank the truth, since he said he and Frank could probably laugh about it by now, but Frank threw his dad out of the house without giving him his jacket. Frank also has extremely high cholesterol but is a junk food addict and his favorite hobby is creating his [[American Civil War]] diorama, moving around the plastic soldiers to make it as accurate as possible, painting new guns, constructing the background or the battlefield, etc. He keeps the diorama locked in a workroom in the basement and only ever let Greg get inside a couple of times when he showed him the "latest improvements". Frank never really lets anyone see the diorama, and Greg caught him telling Manny about a "monster" in the workroom to make sure that Manny stayed away from that part of the basement. Greg calls Frank "Dad" whenever he writes about him. Frank has nightmares about Rowley being a klutz and bouncing on a trampoline only to land on the diorama. Because of this, whenever Rowley visits Frank's house, he gets the same greeting by Frank: "The basement is off-limits", and Rowley says, "Yes, sir."<ref>{{cite book |last=Kinney |first=Jeff |authorlink=Jeff Kinney (writer) |title=Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw |origyear=2009 |origmonth=January |accessdate=2008-08-01 |series=[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)]] |publisher=[[Amulet this bookBooks]] }}</ref><references/> |
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| Author | Jeff Kinney |
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| Illustrator | Jeff Kinney |
| Cover artist | Jeff Kinney |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
| Genre | Young adult novel |
| Publisher | Amulet Books |
Publication date | January 13, 2009 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 224 pp |
| Preceded by | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2008) |
| Followed by | Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4 (2009) |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw (also known as "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Laugh") is a realistic fiction novel written by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney, the third book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, and is preceded by Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules. The book acts as a journal and follows the adventures of Greg Heffley, the narrator of the book.[1] The book, according to author and illustrator Jeff Kinney, is the third of five books in the series. It was released on January 13, 2009.[2]
Plot summary
Greg Heffley continues his comedic life. But he later gets an unpleasent surprise when his father Frank Heffley has the idea to send him to a military academy for the summer to get him in shape.
Then at Seth Snella's half birthday party, there is a custom where each of the guests perform embarassing things in an attempt to make Seth laugh, while the Snellas film each act in hopes of getting on America's Funniest Home Videos. Frank is very reluctant to make a fool of himself. But at the last minute, Greg climbs a tree to retrieve one of the gifts for Seth which his little brother Manny tossed upon the aforemetioned tree and not only nearly fell, but his pants slipped off his waist, revealing his Wonder Woman underwear which his Uncle Charlie had given him for Christmas. Seizing the chance to capture the event on film, the Snellas begin taping Greg, and Frank rescues Greg, but not before the Smedleys capture the whole thing on tape, and Greg writes in his journal, "Something tells me that this time, the baby's family has a good shot at getting the $100,000 grand prize in America's Funniest Home Videos". Frank expresses his gratitude to Greg for his inadverdent help, and reveals to Greg the next day that he is not sending him to military camp after all this time.
Throughout the book, Greg was infatuated with homeroom classmate Holly Hills. (In Rodrick Rules her sister, Heather Hills, is mentioned to be one of Rodrick's classmates.) This relationship was similar to that between Charlie Brown and the Little Red-haired Girl, except that Holly Hills was seen multiple times, and spoke a few times. One particular similarity was that Greg was always nervously attempting to gather the resolve to speak to Holly. He doubled these efforts when he believed his moving to the military academy was imminent. When she mistook him for a repulsive and widely disrespected kid at their school named Fregley, Greg was insulted and considered getting over Holly. He later received a cordial message from her in his year-book at the end of the year party at school. However, Rowley Jefferson, Greg's best friend received a much friendlier letter from Holly, causing Greg to feel some contempt. At the end of the book, Greg and Rowley met a girl who had just moved into the neighborhood named Trista. Greg fondly saw her as another potential crush.
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References
- ^ Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series). Amulet Books.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Unknown parameter|origmonth=ignored (help) - ^ Jeff Kinney (2008-05-06). "Book 3 Has a Cover!". Retrieved 2008-08-07.