Point of View

Jeff Kinney tells his novel Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down in the first-person reflective perspective. The entire novel is composed as though it was a diary, full of written entries, and black-and-white drawings and doodles. Because Greg himself is the author of the diary entries and the illustrator of its drawings and doodles, the perspective is that of first-person. The experiences in the novel happened to Greg, and Greg himself is relating them on paper. The reflective aspect of the narration comes from the fact that Greg is writing about the events after the events that he is describing have occurred. As such, he is reflecting on them, recalling them, and thinking back about them as he writes his diary entries.

Language and Meaning

Jeff Kinney tells his novel Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down in language that is simple and straightforward...