Diary of a wimpy kid Character Close-up : Greg Heffley

Personality

In the books, Greg is depicted as underweight, selfish, greedy, absurd, idiotic, and rude also lazy (which he already knows he is). However, unlike his brother, Greg has been shown to show remorse for his actions and enjoys sleeping, which is shown more strongly in the movie. He explains that he is good at nothing except video games, which he spends most of his time playing. He grows an interest of drawing comics for the school newspaper before he quits when Mr. Ira, a teacher at his school who edits the comics, ruins it by trying to use it as an ad for the school's library. Greg comes up with many different ideas and sub-jobs, including becoming a safety patroler in school. He also has a crush on Holly Hills until the end of The Last Straw, where he decides it wouldn't work out because she mistakens him for Fregley. He began to have a crush on a new girl that moved to his street, called Trista, but it seems like she didn't have any interest in him. Greg later began to impress Heather Hills when she became a life guard at the town pool, but that didn't work either. It is presumed that Greg's family believes in the Catholic Christian faith because they attend church and in the visual novel Greg goes to confession. Greg often tries avoiding certain events (such as being in a school play) or to achieve a goal (such as impressing a crush), but almost all of Greg's scheme's fail and sometimes leads to serious, frustrating, and always unfair outcomes. He also has a huge uncomfort for Fregley. However, it also seems to be that he is becoming more active in sport, school and less of video gaming.

Appearance

Greg is usually depicted with a T-shirt and black shorts. In the winter he wears a small coat and black pants. He is very skinny and does not seem to eat or work out much. His father (in the first and third book) tries to get Greg to work out and exercise, but unfortunately for him Greg prefers playing video games and reading comic books..

Rodrick

Rowley

Rowley is Greg's overall best buddy. They met each other when Rowley moved into Greg's neighborhood. They go to the same school and walk there together, and they share 4 classes. Rowley has a number of peculiar characteristics which mostly embarrass Greg but sometimes interest him.

Probably the thing about Rowley that Greg resents the most is his lack of macho and with rather strange interests, such as a "Sweet Secrets" diary, an interest in the band singer Joshie (who Greg thinks might be for six-year old girls, although Rowley thought he was just jealous), sensitivity, love for the comic "Li'l Cutie" (which Greg hates), bumper boats, and kiddie birthday parties, Rowley's not exactly the picture of manliness. In the movie, Greg was talking Rowley into burning a shirt of him and his mom on it that said "Me and my Mommy".

Greg and Rowley have a complex relationship. They are both great friends, but Greg has a habit of treating Rowley poorly and often takes advantage of him for his own selfish desires. Rowley starts out as a pushover in the beginning of the series, being treated poorly by Greg and often following his schemes, but this trait seems to fade away as in the fourth book, as Rowley is starting to lose patience with Greg.

Rowley's dad does not like Greg and uses him as an example of a "bad influence". Although Rowley has been described as "unpopular" by Greg (thinking that he is about the 150th most popular kid in the school), girls seem to like him because he is cute (in a little kid way) and his family is always taking expensive vacations, like going to South America and Australia (as mentioned in the beginning of Rodrick Rules) and renting a log cabin on their trip to the beach late in Dog Days.

Family

Greg has a big family. He has two brothers; Rodrick (older brother) and Manny (younger brother). Frank is his father, and Susan is his mother.

He has six uncles: Gary, Tony, Charlie, Lawrence, Joe, and John, along with a great-uncle, Arthur. Grandpa (Frank's father) and Gramma (Susan's mother) are his grandparents, along with great-grandparents, Chester and Gammie.

He has eight aunts: Linda (Gary's first wife), Charlene (Gary's second wife), Lydia (Gary's third wife), Sonja (Gary's fourth wife), Dorthy, Brenda, Loretta, and Particia, along with John's unnamed wife and a great-aunt, Reba.

He has three cousins: Benjy (a baby whose only words were "No and "Shut Up"), Terrence (who looked exactly like Greg when he was a kid), and Byron, along with Joe's unnamed children.