What is the summary for diary of a wimpy kid rodrick rules without looking at the back of the book?

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Gregory Heffley Is the main character and owner of the diary. He is the "wimpy kid." Greg is sometimes selfish, ignorant, and vain. Greg is also thinking up scams from time to time. Greg takes advantage of his, rather dim-witted and naive, friend Rowley Jefferson. Greg will also let Rowley take the blame for something he did. Greg is not very athletic, much to his father's disappointment. Greg also tried to explain to his father that you can a play football, baseball, Basketball, and other sports on his game system without "getting all sweaty and stuff" after his father told him to play outside. Greg also has a huge dislike for a comic called "L'il Cutie," which is described by Greg as the lamest comic ever. Greg's father seems to agree with him. Greg's older brother, Rodrick, buys him a book, The Best Of L'il Cutie, every Christmas since he knows Greg hates the comic. Greg's life, as he describes it, is the lamest life a 7th grader could live. His birthday is February 23.

Rodrick Heffley is Greg's older brother. Rodrick loves heavy metal music and has a band called "Loaded Diaper" but on his van it says "Löded Diper". Rodrick loves to pick on Greg, humiliate Greg, and make Greg miserable. Rodrick is one of the few characters who has eyebrows. Rodrick also has a liking for shrunken heads.

Manny Heffley is Greg's younger brother, who calls Greg "Bubby." Manny is also very small and has an overbite. Manny has an art for getting away with anything because he is the smallest, the "baby" and because he can use his cute looks to get out of trouble, although Frank and Ann probably wouldn't ground Manny for anything. Greg also says that Manny is an excellent climber and sneak, displayed in a scene in which Manny gets to the top of Greg's closet, picks the lock from Greg's possession box and stuffs his Walkman with brownies. Manny is fond of drawing, candy, and getting Greg into trouble. Most of the reason that he angers Greg is that he gets more rights than Greg used to have at Manny's age (five), for instance bring his "playing gear" to church so that Manny will be comfortable. When Greg complains about Manny's mischief, he responds, "I'm ownwy fiiive!"

Ann Heffley (Susan Heffley in the book version) Ann is Greg's mother. Ann is a middle class mom who is caring, but sometimes overcaring. Ann is a good mom and wife, but sometimes embarreses her children/husband, but is nearly always cheery and accepting. She also likes to call Greg "Honeybunches," which usually embarrasses Greg. The fact that she never removes her glasses bears a resemblance to June Drabble, another cartoon character. Greg calls Ann "Mom" whenever he writes about her in his diary. Greg often shows evidence that Ann doesn't understand kids at Greg's age.

Frank Heffley is Greg's father. Frank likes sports, reading and "building character." Frank hates Video Games, rock and roll, and Bill. Frank likes doing outdoor projects and weight lifting and many other "manly things." Frank also encourages Rodrick, Greg, and Manny to do "manly stuff" with him, especially since Greg was younger and Frank tried to encourage him to work out so he could have big muscles, only to have Greg respond with, "Muscles are GROSS!" Frank also has a habit of doing stuff for other people if they don't do things right, much to Rodrick's pleasure, especially since he "plays dumb" with his homework. Frank also had a cat, which his father told him ran away to a Butterfly Farm and was very, very happy, although in reality the cat froze like a popcicle on the front porch (in winter) because Frank's dad forgot to let him in. Years later when Frank's dad came over for a family visit in the winter, he told Frank the truth, since he said he and Frank could probably laugh about it by now, but Frank threw his dad out of the house without giving him his jacket. Frank also has extremely high cholesterol but is a chocolate addict and his favorite hobby is creating his Civil War diorama, moving around the plastic soldiers to make it as accurate as possible, painting new guns, constructing the background or the battlefield, etc. He keeps the diorama locked in a workroom in the basement and only ever let Greg get inside a couple of times when he showed him the "latest improvements". Frank never really lets anyone see the diorama, and Greg caught him telling Manny about a "monster" in the workroom to make sure that Manny stay away from that part of the basement. Greg calls Frank "Dad" whenever he writes about him. Frank has nightmares about Rowley being a klutz and bouncing on a trampoline only to land on the diorama. Because of this, whenever Rowley visits Frank's house, he gets the same greeting by Frank: "The basement is off-limits."

Rowley Jefferson is Greg's best friend who usually helps with Greg with his schemes. Rowley is dim-witted and naive. He is also "slightly overweight."

Fregly is Greg's neighbor, and an all-around strange boy. Fregley also has a "secret freckle." Fregley also has a liking for stuffing dirt in his ears and beating kites with a stick. Also likes hanging out on his front lawn. He also likes wrestling, playing twister, chasing people around with a booger on his finger, and speaking in a made up language. Fregley also is not allowed to have sugar, because he gets "crazy."

Bill is one of Rodrick's friends who plays (and made the title) in Rodrick's band "Löded Diper." (He actually thinks "Loaded Diaper" is spelled like the band name) Bill is much older than Rodrick and has the look of a surfer. Frank has a big dislike for Bill,and doesn't like him hanging around with Rodrick because he doesn't want Rodrick to get any ideas. Bill lives in his parents' basement, and is about 35 years old. He doesn't have a real job and eventually helps Greg with the Bishop Garrigan problem.

Chirag Gupta is a boy who supposedly moves away to California but at the last minute his father decides not to take the job in California and Chirag stays. He is the victim of a stupid practical prank (the "invisible Chirag Gag) that takes the length of literally five months until Greg, the ringleader gets in trouble and somehow becomes Chirag's friend.

Piper Piper doesn't go to Greg's school, only to his church. Greg loves her, even though she barely notices him. Piper goes to a school called St. Peters and so does Gregs old best friend Ben.

Gramma is Ann's mother. Gramma is retired and is very much like her daughter, but Ann is sometimes overpowered by her.

Grampa is Frank's father. Grampa also had a "lady-friend." Ann does not like her too much. Grampa also is responsible for the death of Frank's childhood cat, since he froze to death on the front porch in winter because he forgot to let him in. Granpa told Frank that his cat ran away to a Butterfly Farm and was very, very happy. Years later, when Grampa came over for a family visit in the winter he told Frank what really happened since he figured that Frank could laugh about it by now. Frank responded by throwing him out of the house without giving him his jacket.

Plot

Greg Heffley and his friend Rowley are "undersized weaklings" in their school, hoping simply to just survive, but when Rowley's fame starts to grow, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship. Greg is also having trouble at home, especially since his dad says he might have to send Greg to military school if Greg doesn't "toughen up," and to make matters worse, Greg's big brother picks on him.

Ann's Ideas

Cultural significance in Greg's life is his Mom's art of coming up with systems of discipline.

The Swear Jar

Five-year-old Manny wants to be educated well by Mom, and Mom does not want Manny to be exposed to "swear words" and "cuss words." So she develops the "Swear Jar." Whenever she catches Greg, Rodrick, and even his Dad swearing, especially around Manny, they have to pay the Swear Jar--literally. And this is the catch: Manny gets to keep all the money in the Swear Jar for himself! In the web version, Greg says "Explain the logic of THAT one to me." about Manny getting the money.

Mom Bucks

Mom cracks up about how Greg and Rodrick always complain that they do not have enough spending money. Mom Bucks is a system in which they earn play money by doing extra chores and they can cash it in for real money, each worth one cent(to Greg's dismay), or getting out of doing chores. The end of Mom Bucks takes place when Greg "borrows" all the play money from his friend's board game set and uses it as Mom Bucks, and Mom never notices, until Greg is unprepared for an assignment that was given to Rodrick several years back by the same teacher. Greg wants to use Rodrick's assignment but Rodrick is charging twenty thousand Mom Bucks for it, so Greg gives him the Mom Bucks and then Rodrick tries to cash it all in at the same time for a used motorcycle and Mom knew something was fishy because she never put more than a thousand Mom Bucks into a circulation at one time, so she finds out about Greg's stash of Mom Bucks and that's when Mom Bucks is officially over.

Addiction to Video Games

A major cultural significance in Greg's life is video games. He enjoys many types of video games; the book mentions that he's totally addicted to a series of video games called "Twisted Wizard." The book also mentions that he played a racing game called &quot