In the phantom tollbooth, act i, the lethargarians say that milo is just like them. milo asks the lethargarians what they do. one of them says: "anything as long as it's nothing, and everything as long as it isn't anything." what does this piece of dialogue tell you about?

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Caroline Watson

13 March, 01:13

In the phantom tollbooth, act i, the lethargarians say that milo is just like them. milo asks the lethargarians what they do. one of them says: "anything as long as it's nothing, and everything as long as it isn't anything." what does this piece of dialogue tell you about?

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Ada · Answer 1

I believe the answer is: the characters-the lethgarians and milo

The purpose of the dialog that exist above is to give a description of a certain character for the readers.

Usually, the information in this type of description is used to explain why the characters would behave a certain way as the story progress.