Discussion Literature / DiaryofaWimpyKid

In the characters' page, it's mentioned that Fregley is "seemingly slow on the uptake but highly intelligent". Where was his intelligence ever mentioned? Was it in the movies (which I haven't watched)?

I just don't want to delete the line without knowing the reason it's there.

One thing about these Author Tract example:

• The Long Haul is the worst with this ["Phones are bad"] message: Greg, the Unreliable Narrator who's a bad person and is meant to be an anti-role model, says that "electronics are the key to family happiness." Susan bans technology from the road trip.
• In Old School, Susan petitions the town to not use any electronics for a weekend. Greg dislikes this and says that electronics are a good thing. Later, at the old-fashioned Hardscrabble Farms, Greg's cabinmates try to look up survival techniques on a phone, but get distracted and watch funny videos instead.

The books definitely mock phone-addicted teenagers, but I doubt that you're supposed to agree 100% with Susan. In the later books, she's more of an overbearing Think of the Children! type than a role model. For instance, in The Long Haul, she wants to railroad her family into doing whatever she alone thinks is best for them and ignores their protests. The way she thinks is best rarely turns out too well — her technology ban didn't keep the road trip from becoming a failure, and Hardscrabble Farms wasn't portrayed positively.

Guys, ever thought of adding the tropes about the movies to a film section.