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Because of his lie, almost everyone went against Miss. Narwin (even though they never heard her side of the story), Allison and Todd creating a petition to get Philip to tell the people the truth (thanks to Coach Jamison) forcing Philip to transfer to an academy and having no choice but to shamefully admit that he doesn’t know the words to the national anthem. The theme for Nothing But The Truth is immaturity, manipulation of the facts, take responsibility for your actions, never lie, and of course truth. The reasons for those five themes is that 1) Philip attitude towards Miss. Narwin is immature 2) Philip never claimed his responsibility until he learned it the hard way 4) when he lied about what he did Philip made people think that he was

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