Character Analysis: Nothing But The Truth

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Nothing but the Truth Essay Nothing but the Truth is a story about behaviour. Philip makes trouble in Ms. Narwin’s class and in turn it comes back at him. In Nothing but the Truth, by Avi, Philip is a wrongdoer. Philip is the culprit because he breaks a rule and pays for it, he has always been a trouble maker in Ms. Narwin’s class. For example Dr. Palleni, who is the school’s principal, says to Philip “you said yourself, you broke a rule-” (53). This shows that Philip himself says that he is breaking school policy by humming “The National Anthem” but continues to do so just to annoy Ms. Narwin. This also proves that he is a class clown, who doesn't care about education. Additionally, Ms. Narwin states in Philip’s report, from before the