The Phantom Tollbooth

One day he found a magic tollbooth on his room. When he gets in his toy car and goes through the tollbooth, he was transported to a magical place called the Lands Beyond. While he was exploring, he met a watchdog named Tock and joins on his journey. They went together to Dictionopolis and met a lot crazy attitudes,…

back down from your challenges instead of overcoming them, it can impact your entire life. Both the play The Phantom Tollbooth dramatized by, Susan Nanus and the Poem “The Seeker” by, J. Patrick Lewis are about overcoming challenges. The theme that is shared by these two pieces of literature is we must learn to overcome hardship with courage and persistence. In the play The Phantom Tollbooth dramatized by Susan Nanus, the three main heroes of the play Milo, Humbug, and Tock show persistence…

road block. If Martin Luther King Jr. had stopped with his civil rights movement, America would have been set back on the desegregation front. Finally, the dodecahedron helping Milo get through the passage with his knowledge. (MLK) Within The Phantom Tollbooth, unconventional ways to remember the material are discussed. This is like the Free School Movement. “Free schools brought together small groups of families and idealistic educators who believed that learning should be spontaneous, organic,…

Unexpected Lessons: (Things I Learned for No Reason in Band) "What you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow." This quote is from The Phantom Tollbooth. There are experiences in life where we learn lessons for no reason at all. These things teach us lessons that we don't expect. These are lessons that are learned for no reason at all. For me, my best learning experiences have come from music, and the lessons I learned there were for no…

Sometimes people make bad decisions, but that’s okay because sometimes you learn something from it. Someone once said, “What you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.” (Norton Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth) You may not mean for something to go wrong, but some pretty important life lessons can come from it if it does. Halloween night of my freshman year, something like that happened to me. The first thing I learned from this mistake was…

Through reading a wide array of books from different genres, time periods, and authors, I have learned how to actively read, analyze, and interpret texts in new and intriguing ways. Although Matilda and The Phantom Tollbooth are must-read books both with amazing plotlines, there is one book in particular that most effectively reflect my ideals as an active thinker. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand has ended up being my all-time piece of literature I have ever laid my…

down the street with my book in one hand and my father’s fingers in the other, and at home before bed. My favorite books (which I still have copies of in my bookcase) were The Trumpet of the Swan, Molly Moon’s Incredible Book of Hypnotism, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Witches (pretty much anything Roald Dahl), Charlotte’s Web, and many others. I remember that in 4th Grade we were allowed to take books we were reading home. I took the fullest advantage of that rule and brought home book after book,…

Comparison and Contrast Essay Life back then was sure different when I didn’t have the burden of doing essays and projects, but instead had innocence and happiness. From visiting my grandparents, to being completely absorbed in books, to casually playing football with my friends during recess time, and having sleepovers, I felt carefree with no worries of tomorrow. My favorite memories by far, are from the times I went to my grandparents place. When I was about four or five years old, living in…

There are many instances in my life that shaped, formed, and helped me become who I am as a writer and a reader. There were certain teachers that got me interested in reading and later helped grow my love for reading. There were experiences that weren’t always so good but that didn’t make them insignificant to my development. Everything that I experienced could have had a different affect on another person. It may have even negatively affected them. However, in my case, because of how I was…

I would describe myself as cheerful, creative, and curious. I am a student that spreads joy and cheer throughout both school and the house. I always like to learn and dive into the curriculum. The required work is never the end of the line; I always engage beyond and connect what I am learning in school to the real world and across disciplines. On personal projects, I make sure to place my best foot forward and work with enthusiasm. In group work, I always provide humor as well as discipline,…