THE BOOK THAT SAVED THE EARTH CLAIRE BOIKO

INTRODUCTION The play ‘The Book that Saved the Earth’ is full of imagination. In it, the different characters like Think-Tank, Noodle, Omega, etc. play as the Martian living beings. The play tells us in detail as how the book successfully saved the earth from Martian invasion.

SUMMARY This book is set in 25th century. A historian in the museum is telling the story about 20th century, the century of books. He tells how a book saved the earth from Martian invasion. The invaders from Mars consider themselves too intelligent than the earthlings. They think that they are superior than the inhabitants of earth. There is a megalomanic commander who commands the team of invaders. Various members from the invader’s team enter a library. They are unable to identify what a book is? They make several guesses, and finally arrive at the conclusion that it must be a communication device for earthlings. They try to decode what is written in the book. The book is full of nursery rhymes. Their encoding tells them that the earthlings must have been on a mission to attack the Mars. Fearing that, they immediately leave the earth and fly away to the distant Alpha Centauri.

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What was the plan of Martians? Did they succeed? They planned to capture and invade earth in 2040. They couldn’t get success because a single book stopped the invasion of the earth. Who is declared, ‘the most powerful and intelligent creature in the play? Think- Tank. He is considered the wisest creature in the universe. He is the commander in chief of the MARS SPACE CONTROL. Why did Think- Tank order the invasion fleet to evacuate the entire planet of Mars? Because he thought that the earthlings were after him and would kill him. Who was Think-Tank? Who were his companions? Think-Tank was the ruler of Mars. He had his own crew – Captain Omega, Lieutenant Iota and Sergeant Oop and also had one brilliant servant Apprentice Noodle. What did the Martians consider the books in the library? They considered the library as a restaurant and the books are sandwiches. In the play, what is 20th century called? The Era of the book.

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Why does Think-Tank believe a book is a sandwich? Think-Tank believes a book is a sandwich because Oop told him it was. How the play differentiate from a novel or a short-stoty? The play differentiate from a novel or short-story because a play is meant to be performed. What first made the crew think earthlings weren’t so primitive? Because they couldn’t crack the book’s code. Why does Oop laugh when Omega reads the book of nursery rhymes? Oop thinks they are funny. This play is most like a ………… Funny make- believe story. What happens Noodle in the 25th century? Noodle takes Think-Tank’s place as the ruler of Macron / Mars. What kind of earth structure has the Macron crew actually entered? A library. An era is a period of …………… A period of time. In the play, Think-Tank calls earth an insignificant place. What does it mean? Unimportant. Think-Tank says, “I want to invade that primitive ball of mud called earth”. Primitive means………? Not very advanced. Oop pantomimes eating a book. What does a pantomimes mean? Dislikes. Think-Tank calls Oop and Iota cease laughter. To cease means to……….? To stop. why are books referred to as a man's best companion? Whi ch is your favourite book and why ? Books are known to be as man's best companion because human can make mentally and friendly relation with them. They can use them for knowledge as well as time pass. ( choose your favourite book and write one paragraph about that.) Prepared By JAMSHEED A & JASEENA A HSST IN ENGLISH ANVAR ENGLISH HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL THIRURKAD (PO) MALAPPURAM DT.

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