The Phantom Tollbooth

The Phantom Tollbooth is a children's fantasy adventure novel written by Norton Juster, with
illustrations by Jules Feiffer, first published in 1961. The story follows a bored young boy
named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth that transports him to the once
prosperous, but now troubled, Kingdom of Wisdom. Along with a dog named Tock and the
Humbug, Milo goes on a quest to the Castle in the Air seeking the kingdom's two exiled
princesses, named Rhyme and Reason. As Milo learns valuable lessons, he finds a love of
learning in a story full of puns and wordplay, such as exploring the literal meanings of idioms.

What we have in the book is an adaptation for a play so the reading is very different than
reading the normal book. In this adaptation what we see is the conversation of the characters
of the book so we have to imagine a little how the characters talk. Because is a play, the form
to present the situations is very different from the normal book because there is little less
description that is normally presents in the book.

Now, when we see a film is complete different because the situations and the characters are
presented in the different form. In here we can hear the real voices of the characters, we see
the expression according to what they talk and the scenarios are presented as they are and do
not need much description. In the way we can follow the story much better and there is more
attention to it.

I can conclude that watching the movie is friendlier because what is written in a play is with
the purpose to be presented “visually” and that is just a guide in how the actors that represent
the characters should act in the moment of the play.