Character: Happyface

The main character in the book Happyface refers to himself simply as "Happyface" and this is also what all of his friends call him. Happyface is given a chance to start over when his family moves to a new town, and he takes that chance, completely remodeling who he is. He went from nerd to big shot, because, as he says," Sometimes you've got to fake it 'til you make it." This is definitely advice that Happyface follows throughout his story. His strategy to become 'cool' is to smile all the time and see if he can make friends. He starts out being quite successful, attracting the girl of his dreams. This shows Happyface's uncanny ability to poke fun at himself while he tells his story in his diary.

At first, Happyface loves his new life, making friends all over the place, and they all think he's super chill, because he shows that he is, but he soon gets too involved in some situations, and is not able to get himself out in time. Happyface soon finds into some situations uncomfortable to him, due to his lack of social experience, and soon learns that just smiling cannot solve all of his problems. Happyface feels bad for getting too involved in these people's lives so he decides to leave them alone.

But they need him!

These people realize that after all, we all do need someone in our lives that is just always happy. We all need a light in our lives to show us that it gets better, and we all have the opportunity to improve our lives in this way. Happyface has taught me this, and i now live my life in a different way because of him, and my life is better because of it. Below I have posted a link to a website that talks about Happyface and his endeavors.

Happyface