Though it may not be seen as a higher-level piece of literature‚ the enlightenment that the Phantom Tollbooth gives to its readers speaks beyond its juvenile bounds. My favorite childhood book is The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. My reason being the interaction I have had with the book and how it has affected me. It may be somewhat difficult for you as readers to understand my feelings towards this book without background of the book as well as appropriate examples supporting my feelings.
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The Phantom Tollbooth The Phantom Tollbooth is a novel and fairy tale by Norton Juster. The story is about there’s one a boy name Milo‚ he never know what to do with himself. He always is bored at school and home. Everything he does is always a waste of time. One day Milo open envelope and it say one genuine turnpike tollbooth. So he built a tollbooth in his room‚ and he had a map that colorful with different road names. Then he imagine with his toy car‚ suddenly he found himself on a road he never
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Common Core Math I Homework Measures of Center: Mean The Phantom Tollbooth is a children’s fantasy adventure novel published in 1961. It was written by Norton Juster and illustrated by Jules Feiffer. It tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic miniature tollbooth one afternoon and‚ having nothing better to do‚ decides to drive through it in his toy car. The tollbooth transports him to a land called the Kingdom of Wisdom. There he acquires two faithful companions
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good company. Some of the fondest memories from my childhood are when me and my sisters would all sit in the big white couch in my downstairs living room and my dad would read us stories. Of all of the books he read to us my favorite was The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. Reading this book as a child blew my mind with its crazy plot but it also taught me that stories could be weird and fun. This book was my first deviation from typical children’s
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What would you do if you received a Phantom Tollbooth? Would you‚ like Milo‚ go though to the lands beyond? “There once was a boy named Milo…” He was always bored and he “regarded the process of seeking knowledge as the greatest waste of time of all.” One day a large package arrived in his room; it was The Phantom Tollbooth. Milo opened the box and read the directions. He really couldn’t go wrong in opening this big box‚ because the box said “Results are not guaranteed‚ but if not perfectly
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many different ways no matter if you find it now‚ tomorrow or twenty years from now. This tollbooth is a toy but with its effects‚ it is so much more meaningful. If I had this tollbooth that Milo had‚ it would have so much of an impact on me that it would be incredible. If there was a road that could show me where to go in life‚ I would love to travel it. That is basically what Milo is doing with this tollbooth‚ traveling the road of life or success. The one thing that got me interested in this book
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Norton Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth says that knowledge that to learn today that really has no reason at all will one day become knowledge that you will use in a time of need. This is true in many different ways. The people going through their daily live are just going through the motions doing what must be done. They are having information thrown at them. Either by reason or with no apparent definition. One example of this is schoolwork. During school most kids are not huge fans of learning new
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when he was out he longed to be in”(page 9 in the book The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster) This was Milo before his amazing journey with “The Phantom Tollbooth”. This journey changed Milo a lot and it gave him a lot more potential in life to do more interesting things. In this essay I will tell you about three places where I think Milo changed from the beginning to the end of the story. The first place in the book “The Phantom Tollbooth” by Norton Juster I think Milo changed was when Milo found
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The Phantom Tollbooth is a book written by the author Norton Juster‚ about a young boy named Milo who was lacking imagination and bored beyond comparison. On page #9‚ Norton Juster said this‚ “There once was a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself‚ not just sometimes‚ but always‚ and nothing really interested him‚ least of all the things that should have.” Then one day‚ the Phantom Tollbooth appears in his room‚ and Milo drives through in his toy car (not having anything better to
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a young and foolish boy into a forever matured man? Gladly‚ a youthful boy can develop into a knowledgeable man by letting time and others lessons influence how he will evolve his way of living. This lesson became noticeable in the novel The Phantom Tollbooth‚ written by Norton Juster‚ when the main character‚ Milo‚ let time and other’s lessons metamorphosize him into a grown-up. Fortunately‚ Milo attains three essential lessons that help him turn into a well informed man. These lessons include how
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