Notes For All Chapters – Kumarbharati English Class 9
The Past in the Present
Warming Up
- Components of a Play: Title, Characters, Scene, Dialogues, Climax, Curtain.
- Review a Play: Name, characters, actors, theme, climax, ending, lights, music, sets, costumes, acting, opinion.
The Skit: The Past in the Present
Characters:
- Neel (teen), Mom.
- Boys and mothers from: 1950s, 1910, 1800, 1500, 1000, 100 CE, 3000 BCE.
Scene: Neel’s messy room.
Story
Neel and Mom:
- Neel cleans dishes, wants to go out.
- Mom says tidy room, make bed daily.
- Neel complains; Mom says it builds habits, mentions Grandpa.
Time Journey:
- 1950s Boy: Watered garden, groceries, dusted, cleaned bicycle; hates bed-making.
- 1910 Boy: Fetched water, swept, collected wood, cleaned stones; wants riverside.
- 1800 Boy: Washed clothes, chopped wood, fixed fence, grazed goats; wants atya-patya.
- 1500 Boy: Milked cows, grazed them, fetched vegetables, swept yards; wants Ashtapada.
- 1000 Boy: Watered crops, cleared channels, pulled weeds, patched walls; wants puppet show.
- 100 CE Boy: Fed poultry, tended sheep, scared birds, plastered yard; wants Bagh-chal.
- 3000 BCE Boy: Hunted, carved stones, dusted leather, made pots; wants Chaupar.
Common Theme: Boys dislike making beds; mothers say “Do it now!”
Ending: Neel sees chores are old tradition, wishes for a robot, Mom says work hard.
Key Ideas
- Theme: Chores teach responsibility.
- Time Span: 5000 years of duties.
- Lesson: Hard work is timeless.
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