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Gregory "Greg" Heffley is the antihero protagonist of the realistic fiction book series ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' created by American cartoonist Jeff Kinney. ==Character== Greg is selfish, lazy, and sometimes even cruel and dishonest. He hates taking any blame and likes to take any credit to any situation. However, Greg does have his moments of kindness. Throughout the series, Greg's schemes to gain popularity in his middle school, attract girls, and acquire money always backfire, landing him in several dilemmas. Greg's best friend is Rowley Jefferson, who takes part in Greg's schemes, and is sometimes a victim of Greg's manipulation and deception. The two have a very complicated relationship, as Greg sometimes takes advantage of Rowley, and his own schemes fail due to Rowley's idiotic behavior and stupidity. Rowley's parents view Greg as a bad influence on their son, mostly the father, because of Greg's brashness and habit for getting himself and Rowley into trouble. At school, Greg receives bad grades, and is always trying to earn popularity points in order to gain attention and respect. At home, Greg has a mixed relationship with his family, especially with his bratty younger brother Manny, who is ridiculously pampered and protected by his parents (particularly his mother Susan). Susan is extremely clueless of Greg, and usually embarrasses him. Greg's father, Frank, is annoyed by Greg's antics and laziness, and tries to make him more active. Greg is tormented and bullied by his older brother, Rodrick, and is also the victim of his pranks. Despite the fact that he detests Rodrick, he has inherited many of his traits (such as laziness, large ego, disdain for sports, etc.). In fact, many of Greg's teachers despise him because they originally had Rodrick as a student. Greg is a fan of video games and comic books. He expresses them as talents, which annoys his father Frank. Despite this, he is quite talented at cartooning, evidenced by the many comic strips he has drawn. Another negative character trait of Greg's is his paranoia, which seems to get the better of him. An example of this is notable in ''Cabin Fever'', in which where he is worried his old doll, Alfrendo, will come back to haunt him. Greg rarely learns from his ill-fated mistakes and continues to scheme and plot for his various goals. Because of this, he usually puts himself and others in trouble, and will often try to find a scapegoat to take the blame. Neighbouring Greg is his awkward, unpopular and eccentric schoolmate named Fregley, whose vast variety of oddities disgust and befuddle those around him, including Greg, who tries to distance himself from Fregley as much as possible. Though Greg detests the fact that he is next-door neighbours with Fregley, the only time he has ever showed interest in acquiring friendship with Fregley is in the eighth book ''Hard Luck'', where he becomes friends with Fregley (though this was really to Greg's advantage to become popular). Greg is also noted for having many attractions to girls throughout the series, most notably a girl named Holly Hills. His schemes usually fails in the hope of attracting a girl. One famous notable example is ''The Third Wheel'', where Greg attempts to use Rowley as a wingman to get himself a date for the upcoming Valentine's Day dance. He succeeds in obtaining the chance to take a girl named Abigail Brown to the dance, but Rowley, who tags along as a third wheel, proves to be a better date than Greg at the dance. This ultimately leads to Rowley and Abigail becoming a couple, setting the stage for ''Hard Luck.'' Despite his negative character traits and the hardships he has suffered as result of this, Greg can be caring and thoughtful, and has done a number of good deeds to prove this, such as deceiving his classmates that he has eaten the Cheese (to save Rowley's reputation), helping Rodrick complete his science project, etc. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greg Heffley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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