Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Diary of a Wimpy Kid; The Third Wheel In the book, “Diary of a Wimpy Kid; The Third Wheel” by Jeff Kinney is about a boy named Greg who is trying to get a date for the Valentines day dance. I think there is a theme in the book. I think the theme is that you shouldn’t be desperate to get a girl. Greg wants a date to the dance, he just can’t get one. In his school they have these things that are called “Candy Grams.” Candy Grams are when you send someone a letter and a piece of candy. The letter should say something about how you should take that person to the dance, or if they wanted to go to the dance. Within two weeks, everyone had a date, or a Candy Gram except Greg. He was going crazy. He got so desperate that he started getting himself Candy Grams. In the end, he and his best friend Rowley, ended up asking a girl if they wanted to go as a “group of friends” and then Rowley and her started going out. Hence the name “the third wheel” As you can see, I think a theme in the book is that you shouldn’t be that you can’t be desperate to get a girl. I think that this theme is true. I believe it is true because it got Greg into a lot of trouble and may have taking the chance of him ever going out with a girl again. He got himself into making girls think he is crazy. Because he just seemed so desperate asking out every girl in school. I also think that he was choosing people way above his standards. He doesn’t ask out unpopular girls, only the popular ones. And one time he was going to ask a girl out. The girl was drinking water when he was going to do it. She knew he was going to ask her, so she kept drinking water till the late bell rang. So that is why I think Greg is desperate for girls.