For example, why was the Sweetheart Dance created, why was the scene of Greg chasing the kindergartners replaced, why did the filmmakers decide to set the first scene of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules in a roller rink, and why did they seemingly skip over The Last Straw and go straight to Dog Days for the third film ...

Shepard, Iris Grace, "Ideology in Popular Late Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Children's and Young Adult Literature and Film". (2012). ..... kids how to perform childhood is Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The series is ... The protagonist Greg Heffley is, “stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons” (2). The stories ...