Philip Malloy Character Analysis

Laurie, at first, did not seem at all interested. But when Laurie’s father and I both said that we knew that he was Charles, he just stared at us. “Laurie, or should I say Charles,” said Laurie’s father, “Your mother and I are very upset at your behavior.” “Lying to us is never the right thing to do. Not to talk about all the other trouble you have caused. Kicking the teacher, yelling in the classroom, being fresh, and telling other kids to say swear words is absolutely not ok Laurie!” I could see that Laurie felt a sense of fear. “Laurie,” I said, “Your father and I are going to have to punish you for what you have done. But first, we need you to apologize to your teacher and all of the students for your behavior during the past couple weeks. Do you know what it means to apologize?” “It means to say sorry,” said Laurie. “Correct,” I said. “So when you go to school today, I will ask your teacher to give you a chance to have a word

A new principal was hired at Kristina's elementary school, he was also her 4th grade teacher. He respected Kristina's opinion and listened to her pitch,

Do not help him with his homework, "I think you should start overseeing his homework again.” “But Donny's tutor says…” at first to help Donny bring his grades up Daisy would help him with his homework and would sit there while he did it until he was finished. But as Daisy was told not to help anymore Donny’s grades had gone from better than before to worse. When Mrs. Evans had bent the “rules” and called her about his grades Daisy had explained to Mrs. Evans that she couldn’t help anymore and for her to call Cal.

In the 1940’s, there were many editors and reporters for the newspaper. This could teach students about why Nancy Lee might have thought there were reporters instead of modern-day principal visits which would be mostly for behavior. Going back to the evidence, Nancy Lee had no clue why she was being called down to the principal's office. Furthermore, after Nancy was called down to the principal's office (Miss O’Shay’s) and given the news, the story had stated, “To the brown girl there in the chair, the room grew suddenly smaller, smaller, smaller, and there was no air. She could not speak” (17).

The next night, she's sure Hilly's finally read her chapter. Lying in bed next to her husband Leroy, Minny fears that Leroy is drunk and will beat her. He doesn’t know about the book’s publication or her role in it, but he can tell something is making her nervous. Only

After Phyllis claims her sweater, we go to lunch. All I could think about was how mad I was at Mrs. Price. When lunch ended, we went back to the classroom. I was so mad at Mrs. Price I had to say something. I stormed up to Mrs. Price’s desk and said, ‘’ How can you even remember me wearing the sweater when it’s not even mine?!” I went on and on until Mrs.Price stopped me. Mrs. Price said, “ Rachel! Come with me right now!” I knew that wasn’t a good sign. Mrs. Price and I walked for a while until they got to their destination… The principal’s office. All of the sudden, I felt even more sick than before. Once Mrs. Price and I walked in, there was no sign of the principal. Then the most embarrassing part of the day happened. Since there

When most people at East Langford Highschool hear Francis Davis name they will make a face and this face will stay inside of your head. Francis had the worst reputation around school. Nobody could say anything to Francis without their feelings getting hurt from her sharp remarks. As Francis walks out the front door of East Langford High School, she has her two sidekicks by her side- Isabelle and Penelope. These girls didn’t have the best reputation neither. The girls walks to Francis home while sharing a cigarette. “ What are yall trying to get into before the day is over,” asked Penelope? Penelope was always the one trying to do something reckless. “Anything, it doesn’t even matter,” agreed Francis and Isabelle. As the girls approached Francis

Ms. Hall told four students, including Ahri Clark to pack their book bags because they were going to sit with another class during the Reading/Language Arts. However, Ahri never went. Ms. Hall asked Ahri why his book bag was still pack and he stated, he did not know. She told him to unpack and he would transition the tomorrow.

“Phillip, could you try to look even remotely interested in what I have to say?” Mrs. Freinheit said as she stopped her lecture causing the entire class to focus their attention on him. “Next year, when you turn eighteen, Saturday school will be all over, all but a bad memory for you, and you can go and do whatever it is you like with your Saturday. Because Lord knows you won’t be spending it giving thanks to the volunteers for all they’ve done

Philip lost sight of the truth as he listened to his story being retold. He became convinced that he was being patriotic when his original intention was to get out of Miss.Narwin’s class. This shows that another lie was convinced, as truth. In chapter four, Philip’s father says stand up for your rights, be patriotic. He convinced himself of this implied truth. He even used it against Miss.Narwin in chapter 12 . When Philip convinces himself of an implied truth, the whole truth is still lost on him.

The children looked at Margo’s red face as she slowly stepped out of the closet. The tears were still running down her cheeks. She walked closer and closer to her classmates as they backed away from her. Suddenly she turned her body away from her classmates and walked toward their classroom in silence. The children - almost as if in a trance - followed Margot to the classroom door where they stopped. Poking their heads inside, they saw that Margot was sitting at her desk staring silently out the window. The bell signaling the beginning of class blared, and all of the students stepped inside the classroom and moved to their assigned seats. The teacher walked into the classroom and looked around. As soon as she saw Margo, she asked. “Is there something any of you want to tell me?”

She never understood why taking a class she was already fluent in was mandatory. She took a seat in the classroom, and as soon as the class started, she registered that she had spoken too soon. Naomi predicted that this would be the hardest class she would ever take in her life. They also received homework! This is ridiculous! What kind of teacher gives out homework on the first day?! she contemplated with herself. Just when she thought her wonderful day couldn’t get any better, the teacher made her partner up with the weird girl from French class. “I want all of you to get with the partner I’ve assigned to you and tell them something that happened to you today,” Mrs. Schneider spoke with authority. Naomi shuffled into a desk next to Mads and asked her how her day

The teacher arrives in class and says to the students that they will have a work to do in class with the text "The Last Boy-Monica's Gang" and she explains that the work is translate and create a backdrop for the story. At the end of class the teacher informs that they will have oral test about personal pronouns and imperative in the next

Being brilliant as she is, she not only passed the test but also aced it. The next day, she was sent to the principal's office not acknowledging why. Willow was sent there for suspicion of cheating on the test. Willow claimed that did not cheat, but the principal did not believe Willow. Willow was sent a counselor to help guide her in school and her behavior.

The next day Stephanie’s father wakes her up in the morning because she had school. While she was getting ready her father asks her, how did it go at the park yesterday. She just tells him that it went great and they had fun, but she did not tell him about the guy she had seen. As soon as her father dropped her off at school, Stephanie tells her friends about the guy she saw and that he smiled at her. Her friends then tell her that why didn't she say hi or smiled back at him.