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Diary of a Wimpy Kid

by Jeff Kinney

The Last Straw

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Introduction

The Last Straw is a book by Jeff Kinney about a boy named Greg Hefley.Greg writes in a diary about all of his highschool experiences,and in this particular book all of the diary entries he wrote were his “Last straw”. The theme of this book is disaprovment.

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One example for this theme is when Greg stole his mothers bath robe. His dad was very disaproving like he always seems to be throughout the whole book. Evidence for this is--->

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Another example is when he asks the most popular girl in school out on a date. She doesn't want to and she disapproves.

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Lastly one example of disapprovment was when he got really bad gifts for christmas. He disapproved of them and was angry.

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Conclusion

To conclude this, The Last Straw By Jeff Kinney is a book about a boy,Greg Hefley, who lives a very disapproving life. He's very disapproving for things happening to him,and the people around Greg are very disapproving of him.

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He says,"I don't really think dad really aproved of my idea" (Kinney 38). This seems to be said a lot throughout the book and it shows his parents aren't really approving of him.

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The day after christmas he says,"It really stinks that I got such crummy gifts this year" (Kinney 12). This shows that he disapproved of the gifts he got for christmas and he didn't like them.

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When he trys to ask her out she says," Isn't your name Fregley?"(Kinney 199). his name is actually Greg and she was just saying that to change the subject. after that he tried to continue but,"Holly's friends swooped in and pulled her out of the rink" (Kinney 199). This shows her and her friends were disapproving of him.