(From Aug. 23)
Today Rodgy wasn’t feeling well, so I read him the last few chapters of The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster, which I brought in my luggage. He’s been reading it and really liked it. I hadn’t read it until I read some parts with him, and I love it! It’s written quite eloquently, and has a lot of clever word humor and fun though thought provoking ideas. The point of the book is that there is a purpose in knowledge and learning, even if you don’t understand why you have to learn certain things.
“ You may not see it now,” said the Princess of Pure Reason, looking knowingly at Milo’s puzzled face, “But whatever we learn has a purpose and whatever we do affects everything and everyone else, if even in the tiniest way. Why, when a housefly flaps his wings, a breeze goes around the world; when a speck of dust falls to the ground, the entire planet weighs a little more; and when you stamp your foot, the earth moves slightly off its course. Whenever you laugh, gladness spreads like the ripples in a pond…for whenever you learn something new, the whole world becomes that much richer.”
Pg. 233, The Phantom Tollbooth
No comments:
Post a Comment