Freedom is a value that most people share. But when individuals take their freedoms too far, life can start to spiral out of control. This is the case in the book Nothing But the Truth, by Avi. Philip Malloy, a student at Harrison High School, took his freedoms too far when he started to hum and sing along to the National Anthem when the rule is to be quiet. But, Philip is not trying to be patriotic, he is purposefully being a pest. He does this to get on the track team, which requires passing grades. Unfortunately, his grades are low in english. So, he will try to switch classes to see if it will help boost his grade. The consequences of this decision that Philip made has greatly affected himself and Miss Narwin. When the conversation …show more content…
He did not foresee that his actions would soon have a tremendous effect on himself and on others. These effects caused Philip to miss out on some of his longtime aspirations. One being, getting on the track team. When Philip asks Coach Jamison about joining the track team, he responds saying that Philip “did a number on Miss Narwin” (Avi 161) and that he can not ask him for any favors. Of course, Philip ruined his chances of being on the track team because of how he treated Miss Narwin. This information is devastating for Philip, however, he did set himself up for this consequence. He also set himself up for failure by lying. When Philip twisted the truth about the reason he was suspended, things took a turn for the worse. An article was published with a headline stating “Suspended for Patriotism” (Avi 99), which was not the real reason Philip was suspended. Therefore, a little lie can go a long way. This mistake made Philip’s life a lot harder, due to the outcome of his lie. Additionally, this had an effect on his friendships, too. As Philip talks to his crush and friend Allison, she says “what you did was really mean” and “it’s really embarrassing” (Avi 148). It is easy to see that Allison no longer cherishes her friendship with Philip after what he did to Miss Narwin. Because Philip had a crush on her, this makes him feel worse and regretful of his actions. However, this does not only affect his relationship with Allison, it affects his relationship with everyone at school. Provoking Philip to say that he is “not going to school” (Avi 170). All in all, his actions had an extreme impact on his relationships, which caused friends to turn on him, and teachers no longer gave him the respect that they used to. In the end, Philip’s actions led him to disappointing
Everyone has lied at one point in their life. But when they constantly do it, it turns into a disaster. This is the case for Philip, the main character in Avi's book Nothing But the Truth. Philip hates English, and his English teacher Mrs. Narwin. His motivation came from the urge to move out of Mrs. Narwin’s homeroom.
Nothing But The Truth is full of characters that are inconsistent with their arguments and will not accept that they are wrong. All characters change the facts in different ways. Phillip's dad cherry picks what his son says to support that Ms. Narwin is at fault. Ms. Narwin tells two different stories, the true one to her sister and the slightly altered one to her higher ups. Phillip is another case entirely, he commits slander, which he could have been sued for.
In contrast to mrs. actions and words show that he is optimistic, resourceful, and reassuring. Philip acts frightened yet Timothy is optimistic. When Philip was on the raft, he said “that lonely sea, the sharp pains in my head, and the knowledge that I was here alone with a black man instead of my mother made me break into tears”.
Proctor and Hale tried to inform Parris of the girl’s deception, however he did not consider the information to be fact. Hale
This allows a transition in Philip 's relationship with Timothy. Phillip shares his life with Timothy and act like old friends working together to survive and sharing each other 's joys and victories slowly Phillip opens up to Timothy and together they build a strong relationship. Theodore Taylor proves their friendship over and over like when Timothy got malaria Phillip tried his best to keep Timothy safe. Timothy and Phillip are working together helping each other and concerning goals( The coconut Tree) Phillip is becoming mature and has experienced hardships that most people won’t even have thought
Fredrick Douglas holds on to the thought of freedom and illustrates how influenced he is by achieving his ambition of being free. He speaks to the audience about how important it is to have freedom and influences them to believe such, in both
This elucidates the colossal imperfection in Proctor's character and gives the group an affirmed motivation to look downward on Proctor. Therefore, Proctor's old notoriety is currently supplanted with a more regrettable one, despite the fact that his plan behind admitting was just to demonstrate Abigail
This incident shows the reader that she wants to be taken seriously by her colleagues. It also displays that Hilly deeply treasures her reputation because of her reaction towards the situation. On the other hand, Aunt Alexandra has also shown the reader signs that she values her family’s reputation. In chapter 23 of To Kill a Mockingbird, Aunt Alexandra did not allow Scout to play with Walter Cunningham because of his poor background. She said, “Because-he-is-trash, that’s why you can’t play with him.
Although Phillip was mature at the end, he was immature at the beginning of the book. For example, Phillip lashed out at Timothy in an immature way. (Taylor 71). “I won’t do it! You’re stupid, you can’t even spell.”
Throughout the book, Phillip's selfish actions are caused by his original motivation to get out of Ms. Narwin's class. Towards the start of the book, in the middle of the year, everybody gets their homeroom switched. Phillip unluckily lands in his least favorite teacher's homeroom. This could later cause conflicts as Phillip doesn't like Ms. Narwin; he implies this through his conversation with his friend, stating, "I have to find a way to get transferred" (31). This quote foreshadows Phillip's actions in the future and reveals his true motivations.
Phillip's special traits and qualities is that he always wants to explore, he always wanted to know what was happening, Phillip stereotypes all black people and people he is not familiar with, he always wanted help but did not want to do everything by himself, and he was always eager to find help to get off the island. Phillip's unique qualities is that he always wants to explore, he always wanted to know what was happening, Phillip at the beginning of the book stereotyped all black people and people he is not familiar with, he always wanted help but did not want to do everything by himself, and he was always eager to find help to get off the island. When they got to the cay, right away, Philip wanted to find people but Timothy had to check the
In “Nothing But The Truth” we are projected into the mind of a ninth-grader, Phillip Malloy. Throughout the story, Phillip creates a deep hate for his teacher Ms. Narwin, eventually leading to him breaking a rule in her class and being suspended by the assistant principal. His parents subsequently ramp the story up until it reaches the national news where the teacher was blamed for the suspension by the entire country. On page 24, Coach Jamison told Phillip Malloy in a meeting, “Sometimes you have to go along to get along.” Coach Jamison tries to convey to Phillip that if he wants to make it in life he will have to roll with the punches and continue on with life.
It is at this point Laurie’s behavior at home rivals that of Charles’s behavior at school and the readers can begin to see the parallels between Laurie’s and Charles’s behavior that leads to the determination that Charles is made
In The Cay, Phillip’s character reveals that through many conflicts he developed the act of being accepting, maturity, and gratefulness. He goes from being a negative boy on his island, to becoming positive after spending time with a man named Timothy. Phillip demonstrated being accepting after experiencing being stuck on the island with Timothy as evidence in the novel when he learned to accept Timothy as a regular human and not treat him differently because he was black. In the beginning, Phillip wasn’t very accepting of Timothy since he was a different race. It started when they first got on the raft and Timothy wouldn’t give him much water, “I began to dislike Timothy (Taylor 36).”
He suffers guilt for his ungrateful feelings toward Joe, who is a kind friend to him throughout his life.[citation