| Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Jeff Kinney |
| Illustrator | Jeff Kinney |
| Cover artist | Jeff Kinney |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
| Genre(s) | Realistic Fiction, Comedy |
| Publisher | Amulet Books |
| Publication date | February 1, 2008[1] |
| Media type | Print (paperback, hardcover) |
| Pages | 217 |
| ISBN | 978-0-8109-9473-7 |
| Preceded by | Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
| Followed by | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (originally Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg vs Rodrick) is a realistic fiction novel by Jeff Kinney. It is the second book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series released on February 1, 2008, and a film of the same name released March 25, 2011.[2] Rodrick Rules follows Greg's struggle with getting along with his older brother, Rodrick.
Contents |
Greg is enrolled into swim class. His father decides to do that so Greg can be a great swimmer. However, Greg himself prefers Water Jazz classes, but his father disapproves. Greg's mother also persuades him to wear swim briefs for all the swim classes, embarrassing him. Greg's older brother, Rodrick, picks Greg up after swim class and forces Greg into his "Loded Diper" van. Every time Rodrick puts on the brakes, Greg ends up colliding his head into band equipment in the process. Those incidents end up with Greg walking home from practices. Halfway through the summer, Greg swims for a few laps around the swimming pool. He asks to use the restroom. Unfortunately, the restroom is very cold, forcing him to use toilet paper on himself for insulation. He repeats the same activity throughout the summer.
It is the first day of school. Classes go well as planned until History class. The history teacher tells Greg to sit in the front of the room. This tells him that the teacher had Rodrick long ago.
Greg and Rodrick start arguing. Greg does most of the housework for his older brother because Rodrick stays in the restroom until Greg is done with the dishes. His younger brother, Manny, presumably witnesses a argument between the two brothers over the remote control and draws a picture at school about his ordeal with his elder brothers yelling very loud that he could hear the argument. Manny's parents assume the picture is about them.
Greg finds out that his best friend Rowley was on vacation for nearly the entire summer. Rowley himself can blend very well from culture to culture. Speaking of vacations, Greg has to choose a pen pal.
After school, Rodrick does the same incident he does during the summer with his van. Greg tells him to gently brake, but Rodrick does not. When they both arrived home, Greg calls Rodrick a jerk while Rodrick himself reacts by pushing Greg out into the bushes. Unfortunately, their mother witnessed the whole scene. Both brothers have to write an apology complimented with a picture. As they days go along, problematic events occur. For example, Greg and Rowley reconcile. They called Rowley’s father a woman’s scent.
A few days later, Greg's father is angry at the teenagers hanging around in the driveway. He wants to get rid of them. Then, he puts on the radio in front of the teens. The driveway is finally cleared of teens. Unfortunately, his wife complains that he is purposely trying to obliterate Rodrick’s “fans”.
However, Rodrick starts to have issues. He does not do homework properly, for example.
At the school, some people, including Greg, starts getting involved in an “Invisible Chirag” plot against a boy named Chirag Gupta. Chirag himself had once moved in June, but he moved back. Most of the plot includes pretending that Chirag still lives in where he moved. The rest of the class gets involved in the plot. Due to involvement in the plot, Greg is sent to the vice principal’s office to apologize to a different boy. A few days later, Greg is forced to apologize.
Next week, Rodrick holds a party while pretending to feel ill from the flu. He locks Greg in the basement for the whole night. However, one of Rodrick’s friends came up to Greg’s mother’s camera and accidentally took a photograph. It was just after Thanksgiving dinner that the photograph was discovered. Greg and Rodrick also had to replace a door which said “Hi Rodrick.” on it with which unfortunately does not lock like the graffiti-riddled door. Their mother blamed both of them.
The winter talent show is coming up. Greg tries to do a play, but Rowley refuses. Rodrick also scheduled a performance during the show, but almost faced disqualification by not properly doing projects and homework again. While practicing, Rodrick invites band members to the house and does very annoying behaviour in the basement, like farting with an echo pedal. The talent show commences. Rodrick’s band actually got to perform with kindergartener Harry Gilbertson. Rodrick’s father hated their music, so he stood outside the auditorium for the rest of the performances. Harry Gilbertson turned out to have won the “Best Musical Act” for himself. Also, Rodrick’s mother also was pointed at the camera, ignoring Rodrick’s band. Rodrick himself starts to blame Greg for the camera zoom issue.
Greg and Rodrick visit their grandfather in the Leisure Towers. Unfortunately, Greg ends up in the women's restroom and is pulled out. The women blamed him for being a “peeping tom”. Greg later wishes to go to France, but forgets about it.
Rodrick himself finishes his science experiment at home.
Brad Simpson stated he anticipated a sequel movie if the first film is a success. "Our writing staff are writing a sequel right now, "Rodrick Rules," which would be based on the second book" ... "And, you know, we hope that the people to see a second movie, so that we are in position of going again right away and making another film. I certainly know that the fans would like to see all the books made into movies".[3]
Fox 2000 greenlit the sequel and Zachary Gordon returned as Greg Heffley.[4] Steve Zahn (Frank Heffley) and Rachael Harris (Susan Heffley) will also return. The film was directed by David Bowers and the screenplay was written by Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah. Principal photography began in Vancouver August 2010.[5] A few new characters appeared in the film, including Peyton List as Holly Hills. The trailer was seen with Gulliver's Travels.
The website created for the first was updated for the sequel featuring pictures of the cast and a short synopsis of the film. The film was released on March 25, 2011.[6]
|
||||||||||||||