English, 06.05.2020 23:57, bdMack932

"What kind of a place is Expectations?" inquired Milo, unable to see the humor and feeling very doubtful of the little man's sanity.
"Good question, good question," he exclaimed. "Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you're going. Of course, some people never go beyond Expectations, but my job is to hurry them along whether they like it or not."
—The Phantom Tollbooth,
Norton Juster
Describe the wordplay that occurs in this passage. In what ways is the author using the word expectations?

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