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Mr. Ira is the teacher who runs the school newspaper. He publishes Greg’s comic strip, but with some “minor edits.” Unfortunately for Greg, these edits involve entirely changing the comic strip beyond recognition. In the original, Creighton the Cretin ate a math test, whereas in Mr. Ira’s version, Creighton explains fractions.
Mr. Ira Quotes in Diary of a Wimpy Kid
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Ira or refer to Mr. Ira . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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February Quotes
I sat at the end of the lunch table so there would be plenty of room for me to start signing autographs for my new fans. But nobody was coming over to tell me how great my comic was, and I started to get the feeling something was wrong.
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Greg thinks that becoming a cartoonist for the school newspaper will help him achieve the social status and popularity that he longs for—as suggested by his hope that his “new fans” will ask him for his autograph. However, his scheme backfires spectacularly when the math teacher in charge of the school newspaper, Mr. Ira, entirely re-writes his comic so that it offers advice about fractions. The failure of Greg’s comic is particularly poignant because he genuinely enjoys drawing comics, and so this publication would have been an opportunity for him to share his passion with his peers, perhaps gaining admiration Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident e
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Mr. Ira Character Timeline in Diary of a Wimpy Kid
The timeline below shows where the character Mr. Ira appears in Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
February
...his school. He turns in the comic to the teacher who runs the school newspaper, Mr. Ira , making sure to hide the comics he thinks might be better than his under...
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Thursday. Greg’s scheme backfires spectacularly when Mr. Ira chooses to publish his comic—but with some “minor edits.” These edits involve entirely changing the...
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May
Wednesday. Greg had resigned as school cartoonist after Mr. Ira ’s intervention, and he is shocked to see that his replacement is none other than...
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