Phantom Tollbooth Compare And Contrast

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Imagine if you were bored on a Saturday afternoon. In this situation you would go off to do other things. Imagine that you can’t decide what to do and waste time doing it. Well this is the exact scenario that Milo in the Phantom Tollbooth is experiencing. Milo, a boy who is bored always and wastes time, goes on an adventure that changes the way he sees things in the world. He meets very a variety of very odd characters. This consists of the Humbug, Tock the watchdog, and many other odd characters. He goes off in an adventure to find peace in the Land of Wisdom. You can either watch the play or read the book. Both versions of The Phantom Tollbooth have similarities and differences, but both versions are equally impressive. The play and the …show more content…

These differences existed in the characters, events, the author’s message, and the structure of the Phantom Tollbooth. First of all, the characters were different from both versions. In the film, Chronos conducts the sunrise and the sunset. This caused Milo to conduct the sunrise, but as not the way as Chronos did it. Milo makes a mistake in the conducting that something goes wrong and he can’t do anything about it. In the play, there was no Chronos that was conducting the sunrise and the sunset. Milo did not make a mistake in conducting the sunrise because Chronos didn’t exist in the play. Another reason is that Tock “died” in the film, before they were entering the Castle-in-the-Air. In the play, Tock didn’t die and helped Milo to enter the Castle-in-the-Air. In the film, this was a major event because Milo wanted Tock to live. He quickly went inside the Castle-in-the-Air. Although, in the play Milo wanted to go quickly since the demons were after them. There are also major differences in the structure. The play version of The Phantom Tollbooth has a live audience. The audience is included in the play. For instance, the audience was asked to ask a word for the Spelling Bee to spell. Whereas the movie did not have a live audience. The audience that is watching is not included in the movie. Also, there is an intermission for each scene change in the play. For instance, if Milo was going into the Land of Wisdom, there has to

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