As stated in my previous post about the course ”The Nature of Humain Beings”, Milo was the title of one of the books to read. This book is robust in its content on the use of words, figures of speech, diction, synonyms, and properties of the English language. Here is a summary of the book Milo.

Milo, a boy who usually felt bored, received an unusual package one day: a make-believe tollbooth. When he unwrapped his gift, he drove through it in his electric toy car. He was suddenly transported to the Lands Beyond, a fantastic world of imagination. His first stop was Dictionopolis, one of the country’s two capitals. He met Tock, the watchdog who joined him on his journey. He also met King Azaz, who presides over the world of letters and words. Azaz sends Milo on a mission to rescue two princesses, Rhyme and Reason, imprisoned in the castle in the air. Milo and Tock left Dictionopolis with a companion, the Humbug, as a guide. The three headed toward Digitopolis to convince the Mathemagician to release the princesses.

Milo, Tock, and the Humbug met unusual people and places on their way to Digitopolis. At Point of View, they met Alec Bings, a little boy who floats above the ground because he has not grown down to it yet, Chroma and his symphony of colour in the twin cities of Reality and Illusions and Dischord, a fake doctor who deals with noises, and his sidekick, Dynne, a monster made of smoke in the Valley of Sounds. They also met in the Valley of Sounds, the sound keeper who seized all the sounds of the valley because people stopped appreciating them. To help the people of the Valley, Milo stole a sound from the Soundkeeper’s palace and returned sound to the Valley of Sounds.

Milo and his friends took a short detour to the Island of Conclusions, to which they magically jumped after making assumptions about their trip. They swam back to shore through the Sea of Knowledge and found themselves on the outskirts of Digitopolis. There, they meet the Dodecahedron, a man with twelve faces that express different emotions. The Dodecahedron takes them to the Mathemagician. Milo could trick the Mathemagician into agreeing to release the princesses, and he discovered he had to climb through the Mountains of Ignorance to reach the castle in the air. In the Mountains of Ignorance, they met the Everpresent Wordsnatcher, a dirty little bird who twists their sentences into his meanings, Terrible Trivium, a man with no features on his face who stalls the travellers with meaningless busywork, and the Demon of Insincerity, who tries to trick them into leaving the path to the castle. Fortunately, Milo had learned in his travel experience in the Lands Beyond and managed to escape each of these demons and make his way to the unbelievably tall staircase to the castle in the air. After climbing to the top, the three travellers met another demon, the Senses Taker, who demanded trivial information and bogged them down with meaningless questions. Milo’s sense of humour, the one thing the Senses Taker could not take away, rescued him. They climbed, ran and finally got to Rhyme and Reason in the castle in the air.

Rhyme and Reason were delighted to see Milo and his friends. Riding on Tock’s back, they soared over the Mountains of Ignorance and landed amid a hoard of demons. The Armies of Wisdom, led by Azaz and the Mathemagician, suddenly arrived and drove back the demons. The two leaders welcomed the princesses and began a celebration to mark their return.
Though he wished his friends could come with him, Milo had to say goodbye. He returns to his bedroom to find that only a few minutes have passed. The next day, Milo hurried home from school, thinking of further adventures and found the tollbooth gone. All that remained was a note that said he had learned so much and should be able to find his way to all sorts of fantastic lands without the help of the tollbooth. Milo realized there were incredible adventures to be had anywhere, even in his bedroom.
I hope you enjoyed this book also. See you in my next post.

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