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The Truth In Philip Malloy's Nothing But The Truth

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The book Nothing But the Truth, it’s very relatable, has a very interesting moral, and involves a lot of fame, though some people may say it has a dull start and not much dialogue.
In reality, the book starts to get a lot more entertaining after the third chapter. Due to relatable characters the book Nothing But the Truth is very relatable because all the teachers in the school are very mean and unfair to Philip Malloy, especially Ms. Margaret Narwin. Ms. Narwin is Philip’s homeroom and English teacher, and Philip also dislikes Ms. Narwin. In the mornings when the announcements come on they listen to the Star Spangled Banner. Philip always liked to hum the Star Spangled Banner in all of his other homerooms in the past years and the teachers were fine with it. But Ms. Narwin sent Philip to the office, every time he did it. He got suspended after a while of doing …show more content…
The morals of a story differ because of the different characters and actions of the characters. The moral of the story is very satisfying because Philip always believed he was doing the right thing and he ended up “winning,” the controversy of him being allowed to sing The Star Spangled Banner. Every time Philip was sent to the office he felt better about himself. Philip was very patriotic inside and he always liked to hum the star spangled banner until he was sent to the office and suspended. Everyone in the country, even the mayor of the town, was mad at the teacher Ms. Narwin, and the principal. But Philip was still suspended; everybody was mad about that but the school didn’t care. However, Philip ended up getting his way because Ms. Narwin was fired. Philip still didn’t want to go to that school so he got to go to a private school, and every teacher and kid knew him. They always sing the Star Spangled Banner at that school. The moral of Nothing But The Truth, is perseverance, which means that if you don’t succeed try, try

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