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What is the message of The Phantom Tollbooth?
Lesson Summary Two of the big themes of The Phantom Tollbooth are education and boredom. Milo’s adventures help him learn many things, but more importantly, they help him learn how much fun it is to learn. The story also shows us that boredom can happen even in the craziest of places.
What do the princesses say is important Phantom Tollbooth?
Lesson Summary They explain to Milo that it’s okay to make mistakes as long as you learn from them. The princesses also help Milo see that learning is important, and that having the motivation to do something and deciding ahead of time that you’re going to be successful, is often the first step toward success.
What line is Phantom Tollbooth on?
“I do so hate to make up my mind about anything, whether it’s good or bad, up or down, in or out, rain or shine.” “There are no wrong roads to anywhere.” ″’That may be true,’ said Reason gravely, ‘but you had the courage to try.
What is the main problem in The Phantom Tollbooth?
major conflict To release the princesses Rhyme and Reason from imprisonment in the Castle in the Air. rising action After Faintly Macabre tells him the story of the princesses’ disappearance, King Azaz charges him with the mission of finding and releasing them.
What is one lesson that you can learn from The Phantom Tollbooth?
There is no such thing as impossible. Perhaps the greatest, most touching lesson and key to preserving happiness as a grown-up is to remember that “many things are possible just as long as you don’t know they’re impossible.” By believing in something, you can always make it happen.
What lesson does Milo learn in The Phantom Tollbooth?
Through his encounters with characters in the Lands Beyond, Milo learns about imagination, using his time wisely, perspective, words, sounds, numbers and a host of other things.
Who is King Azaz in Phantom Tollbooth?
King Azaz is the son of the original king who founded the Kingdom of Wisdom, where most of the story of The Phantom Tollbooth takes place. King Azaz built the city of Dictionopolis. He is constantly fighting with his brother, the Mathemagician, who built a city of numbers called Digitopolis.
Which line from The Phantom Tollbooth best explains Alec’s overall perspective?
Answer: The answer is “it’s all in the way you look at things.”
What does Canby mean when he says that you can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and still come out dry?
Canby uses a metaphor of people swimming in the Sea of Knowledge and staying dry to explain that indeed, people can be surrounded by things that could inspire, teach, and delight but choose to remain ignorant and unconcerned.
How is The Phantom Tollbooth a story of transformation?
It is also the story of how the journey transforms, or thoroughly changes, the boy’s attitude. The boy, Milo, is changed for the better by his journey to the Kingdom of Wisdom. We can learn about his transformation from some of the things he says in the story. Milo goes from being bored to being excited bout his life.
How are idioms used in the Phantom Tollbooth?
In The Phantom Tollbooth, the author, Norton Juster, uses many idioms. Let’s look at a few examples. ”… money doesn’t grow on trees, does it?” In this idiom, it sounds as if you could go outside and pick money from a tree, like a leaf (which would be pretty cool, wouldn’t it?).
Who was the author of the Phantom Tollbooth?
In 1958, Juster had received a Ford Foundation grant for a children’s book about cities. Unable to make progress on that project, he turned to writing what became The Phantom Tollbooth, his first book.
Who are the princesses in the Phantom Tollbooth?
The story follows a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth that transports him to the once prosperous, but now troubled, Kingdom of Wisdom. Along with a dog named Tock and the Humbug, Milo goes on a quest to the Castle in the Air seeking the kingdom’s two exiled princesses, named Rhyme and Reason.
What did Milo say in the Phantom Tollbooth?
“Let me try once more,” Milo said in an effort to explain. “In other words–” “You mean you have other words?” cried the bird happily. “Well, by all means, use them. You’re certainly not doing very well with the ones you have now.”