With the evidence depicted in the book, Nothing But the Truth, we can conclude that the Malloy family would win a court case against the other subjects such as, Miss Narwin and the school. Despite what goes on in Philip head, the court can only know what comes out of the subject’s mouth and the brain activity of any individual cannot be monitored for a court case. So, with the words that come out of Philip’s mouth and transferred into the public and media we can conclude that if a court case were to take place the judge would rule in favor of the Malloy family.
Philip tells the public false information which can allow him to win the court case. One example of this is when Philip says, “Miss Narwin… She won’t let me sing “The Star-Spangled Banner”(Avi.73) proving that Philip is telling the public false information about his intentions in Miss Narwin’s class. Furthermore, when Philip says, “You can’t keep me from patriotic” (Avi.72) this is telling the public that Philip was doing this out of love for America without knowing his hatred towards Miss Narwin. Philip exclaiming to his friends, “Yeah. Narwin got me kicked out.” (Avi.92) this is telling the the public that it was Miss Narwin’s fault he was suspended when really she didn’t want to see him leave. Philip isolates…show more content… Notes saying things like, “On behalf of our membership we strongly condemn your suppression of Patriotism in the American School System.” (Avi.156). This places Philip as the victim and puts Miss Narwin in the wrong. Not a formal as the quote above and direct messages are being sent to Miss Narwin, “People like Margaret Marwin should be kicked out of teaching.” (Avi. 157) The media believes Philip’s lies which can be predicted that the same will happen in a court case. The public dislikes Miss Narwin so much that they are sending her negative messages, we can only imagine how a jury would
