Character Analysis: Nothing But The Truth

Lying can get you into serious trouble because it can go state, nation, or even world wide, imagine all the events that would follow. In “Nothing but the Truth,” by Avi, many people are affected by a series of lies that go nation wide. They could have stopped this whole situation from the very beginning, but instead they escalated the situation. Miss Narwin, Mr. and Mrs. Malloy, and most of all Philip himself had a chance to end it all. Miss Narwin could have prevented many things from happening, but only if she would have told her side from the start. In the story, Miss Narwin could have contacted Philip’s parents. Instead Miss Narwin let everything continue on even though it would have not occurred once his parent were contacted. She had a thought that Philip was having problems at home, yet she did not inform Mr. and Mrs. Malloy to check in. If she were to have informed his parents, Philip would have gotten caught up in the lies and would have confessed the truth from the start. Also in the story, Narwin did not tell her side of the story until the end, and the reporter could not publish her story then. That meant she could not really get support from anyone because no one knew her side of the. Everyone supported Philip because his story was the only story out there. Since, Miss Narwin did not know

The question here is, why? To be patriotic or to get back at a teacher? Miss Narwin, Mr. and Mrs. Malloy and most of all Philip could have ended this grief...but the did not. Philip is the most to blame because he did not need to lie or start any of these problems. He could have just gone through high school with a breeze, but decided to make things complicated. There are many things to learn from Philip, one being to not lie continuously or to an extent that gets everyone you know involved. Second things to learn is to do well in school even if you dislike a