greg heffley is a victim of mental, physical and emotional abuse by his older brother, rodrick and his father, frank, who is barely around and is constantly at work. as a result, greg resorts to drawing and writing down his emotions since he has no one else to understand him,

rodrick heffley, is also a victim, but instead of drawing, he expresses it in his loud, metal music, mostly for attention because he was ignored when greg and manny were born and because it is a release of anger

while the boys are so different and similar, they share one large thing in common: depression. as of being bullied countlessly, they rarely have friends, don’t hesitate to stay in the house, dream of having better lives, and sleep way too often.....in this essay i will