The Role Of Milo In The Phantom Tollbooth

“There was once a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself ---- not just sometimes, but always. When he was in school he longed to be out, and 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 out how he got into the Doldrums and Tock the watchdog helped Milo get out of the Doldrums. “ “I guess I just wasn't thinking,” said Milo. “PRECISELY,” shouted the dog as his alarm went off again. “Now you know what you must do.” “I’m afraid I don’t,” admitted Milo, feeling quite stupid. “Well,” continued the watchdog impatiently, “since you got here by not thinking, it seems reasonable to expect that, in order to get out, you must start
”“It certainly couldn’t be a nicer day,” agreed Milo, Milo who was too busy looking at the road to see that the others had gone. And in a split second he was gone also.” Milo got to this island by jumping to the conclusions that the day could be nicer and he did not stop to think about a nicer day so he jumped to Conclusions. And to get off the island of Conclusions Tock, The Humbug, and Milo had to swim through The Sea of Knowledge to get back on there way. When they got out of the sea on the shore Milo and Tock were wet, but The Humbug was not, The Humbug came out dry because he did not learn anything because he did not learn from jumping to Conclusions but Tock and Milo did. Milo and Tock both learned to think before doing or saying something that just impulsively pops into their