A Book that saved the Earth cbse class 10th

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1. A Book That Saved The Earth Claire boiko

2. About the author: Claire gave life to her passion for literature in her career as a children’s playwright. She penned more than 70 plays for Plays Magazine. Her works have been performed locally at Duzine and Lenape schools and as far away as Bangladesh. She received hundreds of letters from children thanking her for her plays. Claire delighted in the accomplishments of her children, twelve grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. No matter what, they could count on her to tell them just how proud she was of them and how much she loved them. Grandchild, Eamon Rose Boiko Burdick (Strawberry) of New Paltz/Brooklyn attributes their love of Shakespeare, Greek mythology and silver screen legends to Grandma Claire.

3. Prologue Scene-1 Mother Goose is a well-known book of nursery rhymes in English. Do you think such a book can save Planet Earth from a Martian invasion? Read this play and find out. The Book That Saved the Earth', is written in the form of a play. Time: The twenty-fifth century. Place: The museum of ancient History: Department of the twentieth century on the Planet Earth.

4. Mars space control Great and Mighty Think-Tank Commander-in-Chief, most powerful and intelligent creature, the ruler of Mars orders the invasion of Earth. Think-Tank calls Martians a handsome race and they are more attractive than the ugly Earthlings with their tiny heads.

5. Scene-2 Captain Omega Lieutenant lota and sergeant Oop arrive Centerville Public Library on the Earth. But they fail to understand where they are. They puzzled to see books and cannot identify them.Think-Thank closely examines those books and calls it a sandwich. Sandwiches are the main staple of Earth diet. He orders his crew to eat them. At last Oop tastes it and finds it not delicious. He says they are dry as Martian dust. Further he added how the Earthlings can get those sandwiches down without water.

6. Ap prentice noodle The trainee under Think Tank, Noodle points out that he has seen surveyor films of those sandwiches. Earthlings did not eat them. They used them as some sort of communication. Think-Tank orders them to listen to the communication deviceBut Captain Omega fails to hear anything. Noodle suggests that the Earthlings did not listen to the sandwiches (books). They opened them and watched them. Think-Tank clarifies that those sandwiches are not for ear communication but they are for eye communication. He asks Captain Omega to take the large colorful sandwich which appears to be important.

7. Omega pics up a very large volume of Mother Goose. It appears to contain pictures of Earthlings but they cannot understand the little lines and squiggles and dots and pictures. Noodle suggests that Space people should be given vitamin to improve their intelligence.After consuming vitamins the crew is able to read nursery rhymes. Omega reads the rhyme with great seriousness.Think-Tank interprets the rhyme in his own way. He declares that the Earthlings have discovered how to combine agriculture and mining. They can grow crops of rare metals. They can grow high explosives too. Then lota reads out the rhyme of 'Hey diddle diddle!

8. Think-Tank interprets the rhyme saying that the Earthlings have reached a high level of civilization. They have taught their domesticated animals musical culture and space techniques. Even their dogs have a sense of humour. They may be launching an interplanetary invasion. Think-Tank orders to notify the invasion fleet that there will be no invasion today. Then Oop reads the next rhyme, 'Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall'. Oop turns large picture of Humpty Dumpty towards Think-Tank and audience. After looking at the picture, Think-Tank declares that the Earthlings have seen him. The word 'Had a great fall', means they plan to capture Mars Central Control and him He asks Noodle to prepare a space capsule for him to escape. He orders the Martian fleet to evacuate Mars and decides to flee to the Alfa Centauri, a hundred million miles away to escape from Earthlings..

9. Historian Tells, that is how one dusty old book of nursery rhymes, Mother Goose', saved the world from a Martian invasion. Earthlings resumed contact with Mars, and became very friendly with the Martians. Great and Mighty Think-Tank was replaced by the wise and wonderful man, Noodle. The Earthlings taught the Martians the difference between sandwiches and books. Earthlings have established a model library in the Martian capital of Marsopolis. But there is still one book that the Martian can never bring themselves to read. Have you guessed it? 'MOTHER GOOSE!!

10. Important points to remember -The book that saved the Earth is a unique story where the author describes futurism in a fun and mysterious way. -It is written in the form of play. The play opens in the 25th century. The play emphasizes the significance of book. -Great and Mighty Think-Tank is the Commander-in- Chief and the ruler of the Mars. He is greeted by Apprentice Noodle. Think-Tank is planning to put the Earth under his control. -Think-Tank's preparations are shattered when Lieutenant lota is canning books in a book case. -Captain Omega Lieutenant lota and Sergeant Oop arrive on the Earth. -Think-Tank from the Mars interprets the book to be crude refreshment and calls it a sandwich. lota and Omega are ordered to eat the sandwich. Finally Oop tastes and finds it not delicious.

11. Noodle advises the book to be opened and understand. -Omega is able to transcribe the code on taking vitamins -Omega transcribes nursery rhymes on Mistress Mary, Cat and the fiddle and Humpty-Dumpty had a great fall. -Think-Tank comes to conclusion that Earthlings are planning to attack them. Think-Tank orders Noodle to prepare space capsule. He orders the Martians to evacuate the planet Earth immediately. Think-Tank decides to migrate to Alpha Century, which is one hundred million miles away from Mars. Noodle who has become friendly with the people on the Earth, takes over as the leader. -Earthlings teach the Martians the difference between the sandwiches and books. -The Historian is very happy at the Earth being saved by the dusty old book of nursery rhymes 'Mother Goose'.

12. Justification of the titile of the play ‘ The book that saved the earth’ A good title should reflect the theme, idea or the traits of a character. It should revolve around any of the above. The story or the play should be woven around any one of them. In the play - 'The Book That Saved the Earth', a book of nursery rhymes of 'Mother Goose' is responsible for stopping the Martian invasion on the Earth. Think- Tank the ruler of Mars plans to invade Earth before lunch and sends probe to get more information about earthlings. They enter a library but cannot figure out what items books are. They take vitamins, increase their intelligence then read the rhymes from 'Mother Goose". Think-Tank misinterprets the rhymes, takes them as threats to him and the Mars. Scared, he calls back probe, drops the idea of invading and escapes with his subjects to Alpha Centauri, a hundred million miles away from Mars

13. Moral 'It is totally incorrect to invade another country.’

14. Message

15. The play's main theme is that rushing to conclusions without considering the details can lead to chaos and disasters. The Martian commander, Think-Tank, is overconfident and self-proclaimed, and his incomplete knowledge leads him to flee from Earth. The probe crew members are not mature or intelligent enough to understand Earth's culture, which leads to confusion and conflict Half-baked knowledge is dangerous Misunderstanding cultural differences can cause conflict

16. The importance of taking a comprehensive view of things We need to go deep into the details before making sweeping generalizations. In the play, a book of rhymes, Mother Goose, saves the world from Martian invasion. The Martians are afraid of the book and continue to be so to this day.

17. Value based questions

18. Q. Half-Baked knowledge is always dangerous. Rushing to conclusions without going deep into the details of things always leads to uninvited chaos and disasters. Explain the above-mentioned statements in the light of Think-Tank’s interpretations of the rhymes of the book ‘Mother Goose’. Answer. Nothing is more dangerous than half-baked knowledge. The truth is more than meets the eye. And so is understanding. We must take a broad view of the situation. We must delve deeply into the details before making broad generalizations. Statements that are too broad are never good statements. Misinterpretation of things can sometimes lead to unavoidable disasters. Think-Tank represents how a half-baked mind could have resulted in an invasion of another planet. Think-Tank excelled in misinterpreting and misrepresenting information. They couldn’t tell what books were when they saw them. He jumped from one conclusion to the next. He mistook them for sandwiches. He misapplied the phrase “had a great fall” to his own demise. He screamed and immediately ordered the evacuation of Mars. He had the impression that Mars was about to be invaded. He made the decision to flee in a space shuttle as soon as possible. He stated that they could travel 100 million miles away from Mars.

19. Q. The play, The Book That Saved the Earth’ conveys the message that misunderstanding of cultural differences between various races can cause confusion and conflict. Based on your reading of the play, write how such confusion and conflicts can be checked so that peace and harmony is maintained Answer: The confusion in the mind of Think-Tank occurred due to the literal interpretation of the nursery rhymes in the book-‘Mother Goose’. To ensure that conflicts are checked so that peace and harmony are maintained, cultural differences should be sorted out by initially sending mature and wise people from one culture to the other to establish contact before deciding to wage war. Think-Tank had sent an initial probe, but the crew members of the probe were not sufficiently intelligent or mature to understand Earth’s culture. That is why they literally interpreted the nursery rhymes and caused misunderstanding in the mind of Think-Tank

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