THE BOOK THAT SAVED THE EARTH
Answer the following questions in 30-40 words each.
(a) What is Think-Tank’s second guess about books?
Think-Tank’s second guess about books is that they are communication
devices. He orders Omega to listen to them (books). He puts a book to his
ears and tries hard to listen. Think-Tank asks Omega if he can listen to
something from them. Omega replies that they may not be on the correct
frequency.
(b) What is the time and place of the story at the beginning?
This is a science fantasy. This imaginary story is set in the twenty-fifth
century. The place is the Museum of Ancient History. Department of the
Twentieth Century. There is a historian sitting at a table. There is a movie
projector on the table.
(c) Why was the twentieth century called the ‘Era of the Book’?
The twentieth century was often called the ‘Era of the Books’ because in those
days there were books for everything from anteaters to Zulus. Books taught
people how to, when to, where to and why to. They illustrated, educated,
punctuated and decorated.
(d) How did one old book of nursery rhymes save the Earth from a Martian invasion?
This book is totally misunderstood by the Martians. The Martians thought
that earthlings were planning to invade Mars. So, they cancelled their
invasion of Earth and went back. Think-Tank totally misunderstands the
book. Phrases like ‘shell’, ‘silver’, ‘garden’ gave him a false idea that
earthlings grew silver and weapons. He starts thinking that earthlings are
very advanced technologically.
Q2 Answer the following questions in in 100 -150 words.
(a) 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.
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.
(b) Compare and contrast the characters of Noodle and Think-Tank.
Noodle and Think-Tank have contrasting characters. Think-Tank likes to be
called the ‘Great and the Mighty’. He orders and commands. He is the ruler of
Mars, but has no intelligence. He thinks books to be sandwiches. He is wrong
about everything. He demands that the crew obey him. He likes to pass on
other’s idea as his own. He is a coward who simply boasts about his power.
Noodle, his apprentice, is very clever and wise. He corrects the mistakes of
the ruler (Think-Tank) very gently. He never takes credit for his ideas. But he
offers them to the ruler very gently. Think-Tank makes them his own.
Answer the following questions in 30-40 words each.
(a) What is Think-Tank’s second guess about books?
Think-Tank’s second guess about books is that they are communication
devices. He orders Omega to listen to them (books). He puts a book to his
ears and tries hard to listen. Think-Tank asks Omega if he can listen to
something from them. Omega replies that they may not be on the correct
frequency.
(b) What is the time and place of the story at the beginning?
This is a science fantasy. This imaginary story is set in the twenty-fifth
century. The place is the Museum of Ancient History. Department of the
Twentieth Century. There is a historian sitting at a table. There is a movie
projector on the table.
(c) Why was the twentieth century called the ‘Era of the Book’?
The twentieth century was often called the ‘Era of the Books’ because in those
days there were books for everything from anteaters to Zulus. Books taught
people how to, when to, where to and why to. They illustrated, educated,
punctuated and decorated.
(d) How did one old book of nursery rhymes save the Earth from a Martian invasion?
This book is totally misunderstood by the Martians. The Martians thought
that earthlings were planning to invade Mars. So, they cancelled their
invasion of Earth and went back. Think-Tank totally misunderstands the
book. Phrases like ‘shell’, ‘silver’, ‘garden’ gave him a false idea that
earthlings grew silver and weapons. He starts thinking that earthlings are
very advanced technologically.
Q2 Answer the following questions in in 100 -150 words.
(a) 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.
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.
(b) Compare and contrast the characters of Noodle and Think-Tank.
Noodle and Think-Tank have contrasting characters. Think-Tank likes to be
called the ‘Great and the Mighty’. He orders and commands. He is the ruler of
Mars, but has no intelligence. He thinks books to be sandwiches. He is wrong
about everything. He demands that the crew obey him. He likes to pass on
other’s idea as his own. He is a coward who simply boasts about his power.
Noodle, his apprentice, is very clever and wise. He corrects the mistakes of
the ruler (Think-Tank) very gently. He never takes credit for his ideas. But he
offers them to the ruler very gently. Think-Tank makes them his own.
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