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On The Face of It Solved Questions The Following Questions Must Be Done in The Notebook

The document contains 6 short answer questions and 3 long answer questions about the character Mr. Lamb from the story. Mr. Lamb helps Derry, who has low self-esteem due to an acid burnt face, by encouraging him and showing him that disabilities do not define one's life. Despite warnings against Mr. Lamb, Derry is drawn to his optimism and finds solace in his company. While Mr. Lamb seems lonely, he overcomes it by engaging with nature and others. Derry will likely change his reclusive ways and live a fuller life influenced by Mr. Lamb's perspective.

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On The Face of It Solved Questions The Following Questions Must Be Done in The Notebook

The document contains 6 short answer questions and 3 long answer questions about the character Mr. Lamb from the story. Mr. Lamb helps Derry, who has low self-esteem due to an acid burnt face, by encouraging him and showing him that disabilities do not define one's life. Despite warnings against Mr. Lamb, Derry is drawn to his optimism and finds solace in his company. While Mr. Lamb seems lonely, he overcomes it by engaging with nature and others. Derry will likely change his reclusive ways and live a fuller life influenced by Mr. Lamb's perspective.

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ON THE FACE OF IT

Solved Questions
The following questions must be done in the notebook:-
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

Q1.What qualities of Mr. Lamb attracted Derry to him?

A- Derry suffers from a terrible complex. But his meeting with Mr. Lamb is a
turning point in his life. He gives confidence to Derry and encourages him
to develop a positive attitude towards life. Derry’s life now has a new
meaning and purpose and for this all the credit goes to Mr. Lamb’s
motivation and words of encouragement.

Q2.What did Derry’s mother think of Mr. Lamb?

A- Derry’s mother did not think very highly of Mr. Lamb and claimed to
have heard not really good things about him. She had been told and
warned by people about Mr. Lamb and so she tells Derry not to go back to
him. She also tried to hold him back but he does go back to Mr. Lamb.

Q3. What consolation did people give when they saw his acid burnt
face?
A-Derry’s face was burnt by acid on one side. When people saw Derry’s
acid burnt face they tried to console him by telling him fairy tales. They said
that it was not important what he looked like. Derry knew that people lied
and showed sympathy only to comfort him and that he would not change
and would continue to look like a ‘monstrous beast’.
Q4. Why does Mr. Lamb leave his gate always open?
A-Mr. Lamb always keeps his gate open because he does not mind
strangers entering his house, He is an extremely social person and is ever
ready to welcome anyone who enters his garden.
Q5. What peculiar things does Derry notice about the old man, Lamb?
A-Derry thinks that the old man. Mr. Lamb, is peculiar and says peculiar
things. Derry notices that although Mr. Lamb talks about his friends he has
not seen anyone visiting the old man, who lives all by himself. Even when
he asks Mr. Lamb to name his friends, Mr. Lamb fails to give him any
name. Mr. Lamb refuses to admit his loneliness. Also he asks Derry
questions he does not understand. There are no curtains at the windows in
his house. He likes the light and darkness and hears the wind with the
window open.
Q6. Why did Mr. Lamb help Derry?
A-Mr. Lamb and Derry are united by the bond of loneliness and alienation
they share on account of their physical disabilities. Mr. Lamb lost a leg in
the war and has a tin leg while Derry has an acid burn on one side of his
face. Mr. Lamb inspires Derry by telling him not to focus on the
shortcomings of life and his handicap and instead he should try to enjoy the
blessings of life. He persuades him to develop a positive attitude and move
forward in life.
LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

Q1- What is it that draws Derry towards Mr Lamb inspite of himself?


A- Both Derry and Mr. Lamb are disabled. Derry has a burnt face and Mr.
Lamb has a tin leg. Derry is depressed because of his ugly face. People
don’t like him or are afraid of him. His parents also think that he will not be
able to do anything after their death. Such things have made him so sad
and depressed that he has started to hate people. Mr. Lamb discovers this
about him while talking to him. He encourages him to lead a normal life and
suggests him to watch and listen to everything in order to enjoy life. He
gives him his own example that people tease him for his tin leg but he
doesn't care about this. Such positive things draw Derry towards Mr. Lamb.

Q2- In which section of the play does Mr Lamb display signs of


loneliness and disappointment? What are the ways in which Mr Lamb
tries to overcome these feelings?
A- In the middle part of the first scene, we observe that Mr. Lamb is lonely.
He tells Derry that when it is a bit cooler, he will get the ladder and a stick,
and pull down those crab apples. He makes jelly with them. Derry could
help him. He also tells him that he is interested in anybody or anything that
God has created. It may be a person, flower, fruit, grass, weeds or rubbish.
He also tells him that he sits in the sun and reads books and that he does
not use curtains in his house because he wants to enjoy both light and
darkness. These all are the signs of his loneliness and also his ways of
overcoming it.

Q3 - Will Derry get back to his old seclusion or will Mr Lamb’s brief
association effect a change in the kind of life he will lead in the
future?
A- Derry will not get back to his old seclusion because Mr. Lamb had
changed his way of thinking. He told him that hating people and living alone
is more harmful then what acid did to him. He told him to take risk and face
people. He also suggested that it’s just his face that has disfigured. He has
legs, arms, heart and brain and he could do whatever he wants to do in his
life. He also says that there are chances that Derry can achieve more than
a normal person can if he makes a firm determination to achieve
something. This surely had a great impact on him and this can be seen that
he returned back to the garden though his mother was not ready to let him
go. He decided to face it and live without fear of being disliked by anyone
and therefore runs back to the garden in order to live those moments again
which he liked when he was in the company of Mr. Lamb.

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