Essay On The Phantom Tollbooth

In the summer of 1854, London was coming out as one of the most modern cities in the world. With nearly 2.4 million people living in the area at the time, the city’s infrastructure itself was having a hard time providing for the basic needs of its residents. The biggest problem existing within the city at that time was its waste removal system, or for better terms, its lack of one. Human waste was piling up everywhere, from people houses to the rivers and drinking water. This situation was the perfect breeding conditions for a number of diseases, and towards the end of that summer, one of the most deadly of them all took over. It took the work of both a physician and a local minister in order to discover the mysterious cause of the

In the story “The Ascent,” Ron Rash begins the story with vivid imagery to set the calm, yet slightly unsettling scene of a young boy playing with his imaginary friend(s). Jared initially can be perceived as the average curious boy searching for the one thing no one else could find, a missing airplane. His imagination and situational aspects led to his decisions in the story. Jared was lost not physically, but mentally; he had no one to comfortably confide in and trust. His life was not an easy one as he dealt with both peer pressure and seclusion from home and school; he only felt safe behind the barriers of his mind and the misplaced airplane. Jared’s drug addicted parents had a negative effect on Jared’s mental and physical livelihood, resulting

The “interlopers” is a brief story between two families, an argument between two males for three generations. A devastation between Ulrich and Georg, two strong enemies. This ponderous feud has been unpredictable and had brought aftermaths including punches and chaos. The other conflict is the nature of the story, severe raw weather. The realism is that both men, were the intruders of the forest in the story.

George Washington, who was the 1st president of the United States, was the step-grandfather of George Washington Parke Custis. In 1759 George Washington married Martha Dandridge. After the death of Martha’s first husband Daniel, she gained the Arlington House. The Arlington House later became ownership of General Robert E. Lee and his wife Mary Randolph Custis. Lee left the house in order to fight in the Civil War. Mary was unable to pay the taxes she needed to, so she had to leave the house, and the area where the house was got turned into a military cemetery for the Civil War. The Arlington House was on high ground so it was the perfect place for a cemetery. Montgomery Meig was a Union soldier and one of the main

“ ...For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.” (James 4:14) Words of truth from the book of truth. We have no idea how long our lives will be on this earth. This concept is brought to light even more in the two short stories we will be discussing, “The Story of an Hour” and “The Interlopers”. These two stories share some similarities and some differences that we will be looking at. These two stories show us a very important concept… “The Story of an Hour” and “The Interlopers” are perfect examples of how the expected does not always happen.

An important flaw the son has is that he does not remember the world as a peaceful place the son only remembers the world destroyed. This type of naivetes gives the boy a minimal outlook on the past and see the difference of the present. The father knows the difference which gives the father the realization before The Road begins. The son in portions of The Road is starving, this desolate place called the world does not give any chance of hope or second ones. The importance of this geographical state in the book makes the father and son rely on one another because they know the very importance of staying alive, and the only way they can do that is to fight for one another. The Road opens with a setting of desolation, “When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of the night he’d reach out to touch the child sleeping beside him”, which creates a concern within the readers that are realizing the magnitude of this horrible place. (McCarthy 3) The son in the first page of the book is mentioned

Mainly, Johnson wrote this book to prove that one week in 1954 was one of the defining moments in what people today know as modern life. First, he proved that the first fateful week of September ultimately influenced the way cities organized themselves. Second, he proved that the events of the Broad Street Outbreak changed how disease was studied and viewed. Third, he proved that urban intelligence could come to understand a massive health crisis of which most people refused to see the truth.

Have you ever read the Phantom Tollbooth? It is a book written by Norton Juster, of The Dot and the Line. One of his most famous quotes is, ¨You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and still come out completely dry. Most people do.¨ The Phantom Tollbooth is about a boy named Milo, who doesn't know what to do with his life until a mysterious package in his room appears when he walks home from school.

“There was once a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself-not just sometimes, but always.” Have you ever been in a magical world with demons and large humbugs and watch dogs? Probably not. But for Milo, everything is a bore. He wants to be somewhere else when he’s there and there when he’s somewhere else. In the Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, Milo encounters countless adventures in a wierd world, and along the way he changes quite a bit.

Thomas wakes up in a metal box that rises him up from the underground to the land above known as the Glade. He has no memory of anything, anyone, or even where he is. The only thing he remembers is his name. Thomas, once discovering where he is and who these boys are around him he comes to the realization of who is in charge of the place. It is led by two of the elder boys; Alby, the leader, and Newt, the second-in-charge. Every week the box in the middle of the glade surfaces from beneath the ground to supply the boys with new food, tools and weapons. But every month a new boy with no memory arrives in the metal box. Outside of their cozy glade surrounded by the wall is a maze, a labyrinth filled with mile high concrete walls that change every

The orchestra must play all day everyday because they keep the world colorful and if they stop playing the world will turn white, gray and there will be nothing else fun in the world so every color relays on this orchestra. But the conductor needs to rest but the orchestra “ see for yourself roared Chroma and he raised both hands high over his head. Immediately the instruments that were playing stopped and at once, all color vanished”. Found on page 124-125. Afterwards the conductor needed to sleep so he said to Milo wake me at exactly 5:23. Well Milo instead of just getting the conductor up and not being curious he decides to conduct the orchestra himself “ since it might be his only chance to try and since the musicians were already poised and ready he would but just for a little bit” Found on pages 127 and 128. Milo sure has changed a lot. Let's see where else he has changed.

This was sincerely the biggest eye opening independent film that I have ever seen. I know absolutely nothing about the Amish faith or people as I have never been exposed to them. Their strict way of life is backed by a very close knit family and strong religious beliefs. When teenagers in the Amish community turn sixteen they are free to explore the “English” world and they are exposed to everyday American life. Followers of the Amish religion believe that being exposed to the outside world is like being exposed to the Devil’s playground, hence the name of the film.

The setting of the Interlopers contributes to the mood of the story between the characters and the the story’s ending. The two main characters of the story is Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym, that have been enemies since they were born. Their families have had a rivalry for two generations because of a worthless piece of land. Ulrich is in control of the land but George is illegally hunting on his property, and that makes Ulrich furious. Throughout the story i have noticed that the setting changes and that is the cause of the mood of the story.

Mabel had known there would be silence. That was the point, after all. No infants cooing or wailing. No neighbor children playfully hollering down the lane. No pad of small feet on wooden stairs worn smooth by generations, or clackety-clack of toys along the kitchen floor. All those sounds of her failure and regret would be left behind, and in their place there would be silence.4

The phantom tollbooth is an great book.It’s plot is about a kid who thinks every thing’s a bore.Then a magical tollbooth mysteriously appears and he drives through cause he has nothing better to do.But when he gets there he finds places you would never expect.He meets boys who float off the ground and islands that you get to by jumping.I would prefer this book to anyone no mater how old or young.