Book Report On The Phantom Tollbooth

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 do) and entered the Lands Beyond where he underwent remarkable change.
One of the first significant changes that Milo underwent in the Lands Beyond was on page #31 in the Doldrums. The Doldrums is a monotonous place of not thinking, and in the Doldrums
Milo met a group of creatures called the Lethargarians who live to waste time. At the time that Milo was thinking of what else the Lethargarians could do other than waste time he met the watchdog Tock. Just afterward, Tock suggested trying to think to get out of the Doldrums. As if on cue, Milo started thinking and Milo’s car slowly started rolling out of the Doldrums.
Another instance could be found in the Word Market in Dictionopolis, where Milo met The Duke of Definition, The Minister of Meaning, The Earl of Essence, The Count of Connotation, and The Undersecretary of Understanding, who are King Azaz’s royal cabinet. They excel in using synonyms of the same word, but their primary job for the King is to see that everyone only sells proper words (although sometimes they can be a little confusing).