Reading Response

Reading Response


Lately, I've been re-reading, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days," by Jeff Kinney, mainly because I forgot about the whole book. The main character in this book is Gregory. This book is about the struggles Greg is having throughout his summer. It mainly focuses on his mother forcing him to "enjoy" summer, while she has no idea she's messing it up. Completely.

I can relate Greg, mainly because my mom messed up my summer, and is currently still being nosy in my business. Greg, like me, got caught up with the paradise that video games offered him. and spent a few days playing video games all day, and all night. Until sadly mom takes note of his, and sees it as a bad thing for his brain. My mom sees it as the devil's work...

Greg doesn't talk much about the video game paradise, but just counts it as a background detail. As if something with more value will be coming up next.

His mom wants him to spend the summer reading books, and going to the town pool, which is EXTREMELY DIRTY, very crowded, while entering the male locker room, there is a load of nude men showering, and the people there have no respect at all. The only thing Greg likes is the life guard and girls. Just like when my mom sent me to Ecuador. Ecuador is like the town pool. Besides dirty, I don't like it, I can't. I cannot like the food, mainly meat; I'm a vegetarian. I cannot like their ridiculous accents; I find it very annoying. I cannot like their games; I find them simple, and not very challenging. Most of all, I cannot like the fact that they cannot respect my privacy. I'm a girl. I NEED privacy. The only thing I like is swimming the hot springs. Me and Greg are on the same page.

Just that, I've already entered school, and writing this.