As a teenager we all go through a stage in life where we have an obstacle that is thrown our way. Throughout the book the Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, Milo, the main character, viewed his life as dull and a waste of time. When he entered a mysterious tollbooth that appeared in front of his house, the magical people gave him task to complete. It challenged him and made him learn lessons that encouraged him to change his point of view on life from dull to interesting. As for myself, I have
While written in different time periods, Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Norton Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth seem to have an underlying commonality; using the power of literary nonsense, they react against and critique societal ideals and values, whilst subtly urging children to stray away from convention and conformity. At the beginning of each story, the child protagonists are shown to be oppressed by their societies in different ways. Alice’s Victorian society seems to be
LIAM The phantom tollbooth is a wonderful book written by Norton Juster. The phantom tollbooth is about a kid who does not know how to use his time and does not care about anything. This boy was named Milo. And he got a suspicious box and when he opened it there was a tollbooth. And when he went through the tollbooth he was teleported to magical land and had to complete a quest. And throughout this quest he changes . I will cite three instances where he changes. Right in the beginning Milo is
in The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, the book that has shaped my view of the world more than any other single piece of text. Throughout the novel, Juster provides several instances in which the main characters are forced to view the world from different angles. Sometimes, these changes in perspective are all the characters need to improve their situations. Like them, I have used changes in perpective to improve my life by seeing situations in a more positive or useful way. The Phantom Tollbooth
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The Phantom Tollbooth is an entertaining and adventurous novel about a boy named Milo who is bored with everything, especially with school. For example, when he is in school, he longs to be out and when he is out he longs to be in. However, things begin to change as he is sent to the lands beyond by a magical tollbooth. It is through his journey to these faraway lands, meeting various characters, that he learns to value education. A theme, education, is first demonstrated when Milo says, “I can't
the exact scenario that Milo in the Phantom Tollbooth is experiencing. Milo, a boy who is bored always and wastes time, goes on an adventure that changes the way he sees things in the world. He meets very a variety of very odd characters. This consists of the Humbug, Tock the watchdog, and many other odd characters. He goes off in an adventure to find peace in the Land of Wisdom. You can either watch the play or read the book. Both versions of The Phantom Tollbooth have similarities and differences
In the book “The Phantom Tollbooth” by Norton Juster the story starts out as the main character as a boy named Milo. Milo first starts out in the phantom tollbooth as a very sad person. The very first sentence on page 1 states “There once was a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself not sometimes but always. When he was in school he longed to be at home, and when he was at home he longed to be at school. ” But Milo’s life dramatically changes when a magical tollbooth appears at his
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, is about a boy named Milo that goes on a mysterious adventure in a far away land. The mysterious place teaches Milo many life lessons like for instance not to waste time. Throughout the book, Milo changes in three ways. In the beginning of the book Milo does not know what to do with himself. If he was here he wanted to be there, if he was there he wanted to be here. Then Milo grows and becomes a boy who is interested in the world around him and in what he's
crusade around my backyard with a pretend apron and bonnet collecting flowers or branches and pretending to feed chickens or pigs. Another novel The Phantom Tollbooth by Norman Juster uses whimsical wordplay to kickstart a child’s imagination both in reality and within the book. The main character Milo is bored with nothing to do until a mysterious tollbooth arrives in his room and transports him to Dictionopolis where he meets characters such as Rhyme and Reason, and Tock the Watchdog. These creative
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The “Sherlock Holmes Dossier” Project was one of the most creative and unique projects in which I have ever participated. In most projects, students are told to complete standard assignments, such as writing an essay, conducting an experiment, or creating a slideshow. In this project, we were instructed to use our imagination. We were asked to create a personal file for a character from “The Hound of the Baskervilles” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I was assigned the main antagonist, Mr. Jack Stapleton
My earliest memories related to reading I can scarcely remember not being able to read. I do have one memory of looking at the cover of a paperback book. The background was yellowish-orange, and the illustration was a pen and ink drawing of a young man, climbing along some rocks and looking over his shoulder. I recall making up a story about how he was running away from someone who was trying to hurt him. Years later, I found the book: it was kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson. I couldn't have
motivate me-- whether at home or school. Mr. Joseph always gave words of an advice and encouragement to read more books. When I was in fifth grade, English was my weakness subject. Three years later, in the eighth grade, we read several books: The Phantom Tollbooth, The Beauty and the Princess, Puss in Boots, Little Red Riding Hood, and others. I like action and romance books. My favorite book that I read when I was in eighth was the Beauty and the Beast. This book is amazing to read, and it also shows
handpicked from our teacher to teach a complex diagram by John Campbell. We analyzed films such as Finding Nemo, Shawshank redemption, Wreck it Ralph, Stardust, and many more. Besides analyzing films we also had required readings, which were The Phantom Tollbooth, The Hobbit, and some poetry. My teacher didn’t like to give us boring books, but to give us a fun reading and still learn the curriculum that was required. Also in this class we learned about Plato’s theory of forms. This was by far the most
Thank you, and welcome Fr. Al, Ms Barreda, friends and family, faculty and staff, and classmates in red. I'm honored to be the salutatorian of the class of 2016, meaning I'm the second highest ranking in the class, but the first to speak instead. And because no one remembers the first speech (so good luck Megan), I’m sure that everyone will walk out of here not remembering anything I said. And UrbanDictionary states that the Salutatorian is: “The less important of two students who have to give a