Family is an important theme in the novel “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School” by Jeff Kinney. Family involves mutual love, compassion, loyalty towards, and emotional, spiritual, and physical support of individuals who may or may not be blood-related, but who still behave in the fashion of the traditional family unit.
Beneath its effective humor and general air of kid-appealing silliness, the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series tackles themes that resonate with its readers: conformity, bullying, friendship, loyalty, self-esteem, and the challenge of navigating the sometimes conflicting demands of family, school, peers . . . and one's own ..
