ON THE FACE OF IT

About the Author: He Susan Hill is an English Author of fiction and non-fiction works.

CHARACTERS:
• Derry
• Mr. Lamb
• Derry’s Mother
T H E M E O F T H E S T O RY:

I. The play depicts beautifully yet grimly the sad world of the physically
impaired. It is not the actual pain or inconvenience caused by physical

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 impairment that trouble a disabled man but the attitude of the people
around him.

C H A R A C T E R S K E T C H O F I M P O RTA N T C H A R A C T E R S :

Derry
I. Young boy with a burnt face.
II. Lives secluded from other children
III. Insecure about the way he looks
IV. Initially has a negative approach towards his life because of his deformity of face caused by the
acid until he meets Mr. Lamb.
V. He feels that people either feel sorry for him or feel that he is very ugly.
VI. He has suffered many rude remarks from the people like one woman told him that no one will
ever kiss such a face except his mother and that too on the other side of his face.
VII.Transforms himself after spending time with Mr. Lamb.

Mr. Lamb:
I. He was a lonely man
II. Had a tin leg
III. Always had a positive approach towards his life
IV. Keeps himself busy by making jelly out the apples in his garden, sitting in the sun and reading
books.
V. Did not have curtains in house because he did not like to shut the light or darkness
VI. Keeps the windows open to hear the sound of the wind VII. Called lamey lamb by people.
VIII.He revives the almost dead feelings of Derry towards lifen his believes and loves his Japanese
values


P L O T O V E RV I E W

The plot revolves around two physically impaired people named, Mr. Lamb with a
tin leg and Derry who had a burnt face and the strong bond of friendship they

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develop. One day Derry went to Mr. Lamb’s garden as he thought it was just an
empty place and he can sit there. Mr. Lamb hears his footsteps and asks him to
mind the crab apples while walking and that he could trip. Mr. Lamb tells him that
he does not mind who comes into his garden and the gate’s always open. Derry
explains that he just wanted to come in. Derry explains that he is not afraid of people
infact people are afraid of him and it doesn’t matter who they are or what they say
or how the look he knows how people pretend. Mr. Lamb listens to him carefully.
He says that when it gets a bit cooler he will get the ladder and stick and pull down
the crab apples and make jelly. Derry feels that Mr.Lamb is changing the subject
and that he is afraid to ask about his burnt face. He tells him that his face was burned
by the acid and not only that acid burnt his face but it ate him up as well and that
the things will never be any different for him forever. Mr. Lamb tells Derry that
his real leg got blown off years back and that there is no difference between the two
of them they are same just like the trees or herbs and the weeds he grows; he does
not understand why a green growing plant is called weed and another flower. He
explains Derry that all the things are relative even the Beauty and the beast. Derry
replies that he knows this fairy story because he have been told this earlier that ‘It’s
not what you look like , it’s what you are inside’ and handsome is as handsome
does and that’s why even beauty loved the monstrous beast for himself and when
she kissed him he changed to handsome prince but he won’t change because
nobody will ever kiss his face except his mother and that too she kisses on the other
side of his face and he completely dislikes this because she does this out of
responsibility and not because she actually feels like doing it. Mr. Lamb and Derry
have a long conversation where they talk that bees don’t buzz like people say
instead they hum and hum means ‘sing ‘if you listen to them carefully. Mr. Lamb
revives the almost dead feelings of Derry towards life. He motivates him to think
positively about life, changes his mind set about people and things how a man
locked himself as he was scared- a picture fell off the wall and got killed. He
explains him that the acid had only burnt his face just like the bomb only blew up
his leg but more than that there are worse things that can happen and that he can
burn himself from the inside if he has this attitude towards his life. Derry shares
that someone suggested that he should be left with others like himself for his
betterment but he likes to stay in a place like this garden and a house with no
curtains. He also exclaimed that the gate of the garden is always open. Derry is

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inspired and promises to come back. Derry’s mother stops him but he is adamant
saying if he does not go now it would be never. When he comes back he sees Mr.
Lamb laying on the ground it is ironical that when he searches a new foothold to
live happily, he finds Mr. Lamb dead. In this way the play depicts the heart
rendering life of physically disabled people with their loneliness, aloofness and
alienation. But at the same time it is almost a true account of the people who don’t
let a person live happily.

Short Answer Type Questions of On the Face of It (30 to 40 words)

Q1. Why is Derry startled as soon as he enters the garden?
Ans. Derry, a boy of fourteen, climbs over the boundary to enter Mr Lamb’s garden assuming it to be empty. Mr Lamb’s
‘Mind the Apples’ startled Derry.
Q2. Why does Derry enter Mr. Lamb’s garden?
Ans. Derry thought there was no one in Mr Lamb’s garden. He did not come to steal apples but out of curiosity.
Q3. Why does Derry want to go home as soon as he comes face to face with Mr Lamb?
Ans. Derry thought the garden was an empty place and had come out of curiosity. On seeing Mr Lamb, Derry wanted to go
home because he felt that Mr Lamb like other people would find his face repulsive and frightful.
Q4. What is the attitude of Mr Lamb to Derry who comes to his garden?
Ans. Mr Lamb is gentle and friendly. He is not repulsed by Derry’s appearance and tells him to mind the crabapples. He
urges Derry to stay on.
Q5. What terrible complex did Derry suffer from?
Ans. One side of Derry’s face was severely burnt by acid. Nobody liked him or befriended him. They were repulsed by his
ugly face and avoided him. He withdrew on account of this and avoided people.
Q6. Why does Derry feel that Mr Lamb had changed the subject?
Ans. Derry feels that Mr Lamb had changed the subject because he was afraid to ask him about his burnt face. Others had
also done this before. He felt that people merely pretended the physical impairment wasn’t there.
Q7. Why does Derry not like being with people?
Ans.When people looked at Derry’s face they found it repulsive. They thought it was the ugliest thing they had ever seen.
Some were afraid of what they saw. Derry did not like being with people who reminded him of his scars. He spurned people
because he felt rejected and unloved.
Q8. ‘We’re not the same’, says Derry. How does Mr Lamb try and convince him that there is no essential difference
between them?
Ans. Mr Lamb tells Derry, that despite apparent differences, they are the same. They have life and are growing. Both of them
have a physical disability. The differences are superficial and unimportant.
Q9. What is Mr Lamb’s response to Derry saying that the tin leg did not trouble him?
Ans. Derry feels that Mr Lamb can cover up his tin leg and people would not even get to know. Mr Lamb replies that if he got
affected, people would still make fun of him. One has to stop bothering people and their reaction to one’s disability.
Q10. Why did kids call Mr. ‘Lamb Lamey-Lamb’? How does he feel about it?
Ans. Mr Lamb had an artificial leg. His limb had been blown off in a bomb explosion. The street children called him Lamey-
Lamb. It no longer troubled him as he had come to terms with his disability.
Q11. Why is one green plant called a ‘weed’ and another ‘flower’?

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Ans. Mr Lamb says there is no difference between a weed and a flower. They are variations of the same life which is all
important. They are both growing and they both represent life — developing or growing with Mr Lamb and Derry. There is
inherent oneness in God’s creation.
Q12. Why do people’s consolations fail to console Derry?
Ans. Derry feels that he is too ugly to be consoled. He has been advised to take inspiration from those who have been
blinded, born deaf, invalid or mentally retarded. Since Derry has none of these disabilities, he should realise that he was
more fortunate than them. He feels sermons cannot make his face change to a handsome one.
Q13. What peculiar things does Derry notice about the old man?
Ans. Deny felt Mr Lamb had no friends and lived a lonely life. He had no curtains. He was not fond of shutting things in. He
liked the light and the darkness. He also liked to hear the wind and listen to bees singing.
Q14. What did Derry feel about the conversation the two women had at the bus stop?
Ans. Deny once overheard a woman who went by him when he was at a bus stop whisper about him. She told the other
woman that his face was a terrible thing. It was a face only a mother could love. Deny felt it was a cruel thing to say and it
upset him very much.
Q15. Why does Mr Lamb narrate the story of a man who locked himself in a room because he was afraid?
Ans. Mr Lamb told Derry a story of a man who was afraid of everything in the world. He went into his room and locked the
door. A picture fell off the wall on his head and killed him. He narrated this story to make Deny realize that building a wall
around him would not help. Derry needed to shed his fears and live life.
Q16. What arguments does Derry give to convince his mother why he wanted to go to the old man’s garden?
Ans. Derry told his mother that Mr Lamb had a tin leg. He lived in a huge house with no curtains. Derry wanted to be in Mr
Lamb’s garden and listen to things that matter.
Things nobody else had ever said. Things he wanted to think about. He added it was nothing to do with his face but about
what he felt.
Q17. What made Derry decide to go to the old man?
Ans. Derry decided to go to the old man because he had promised him that he would come. Mr Lamb had helped him add a
new meaning to his life. It was no longer about his face and looks but about what he thought. He no longer wanted to shun
people. Deny knew that if he didn’t go back, he’d never go anywhere in this world again.
Q18. Comment on the ending of the play ‘On the Face of it’.
Ans. Mr Lamb who lived a full life in spite of a disability and loneliness helps Deny overcome his fears. He falls down exactly
as Derry had said he would earlier in the play. Mr Lamb has left the reformed Derry to complete the good work he had
started. Even though the ending appears sad there is hope in the form of young Derry.
Q19. Why did Mr Lamb leave his gate always open?
Ans. Mr Lamb was a lonely man. The gate was always open. People would often come in. Kids came for the crabapples and
for toffee. Mr Lamb was not afraid of anything and he did not mind strangers entering his house or garden.
Q20. How does Mr Lamb keep himself busy when it is a bit cool?
Ans.When it got cooler, Mr Lamb kept himself busy by getting the ladder and a stick to pull down the ripe crabapples. He
made jelly out of them.
Q21. What is the bond that unites the two – Mr Lamb, the old man, and Derry, the young boy?
Ans. Mr Lamb and fourteen-year-old Derry suffer from a physical impairment. The old man has a tin leg because he got one
of his legs blown off in the war. Derry has one side of his face disfigured and burnt by acid. It is the feeling of empathy that
creates the bond. Mr Lamb draws Deny out and infuses positivity into him giving him the courage to believe in himself as a
person.
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Ans. The story about the inner beauty being more important than the outer appearance has often been narrated to Deny.
The beast in the story changed into a handsome prince. Derry feels his situation will never change. No one kissed him, not
even his mother. She only kissed him on the other side of the face.
Q23. Why does Derry’s mother oppose his going back to Mr Lamb?
Ans. Derry’s mother has heard things about the old man. Though they have been here for only three months, she had been
warned. She wants to protect Deny.
Q24. How does Mr Lamb react when Derry enters his garden? [All India 2017]
Ans. Deny entered Mr Lamb’s garden by climbing over the garden wall. He had thought that it was an empty place. He didn’t
know there was anybody there. He just wanted to be in a secluded place. On seeing Mr Lamb Deny was startled. He clarified
that he didn’t enter to steal anything. Mr Lamb tried to comfort Derry and allay his fear by saying that anybody could enter
the garden. He asked him to pick up ripe apples lying in the long grass.
Q25. What kind of garden does Mr Lamb have? Why does he like it? [All India 2017]
Ans.Mr Lamb’s garden was an empty, unkempt garden where both weeds and flowering plants grew side by side. There was
a Crab apple tree which was laden with ripe, red and orange fruits. There was also a beehive. The gate always remained
open. Lamb enjoyed talking to anyone who cared to walk in. The garden was a source of solace to his lonely life. He enjoyed
the sunshine and living in the lap of nature.
26. How does Mr Lamb keep himself busy when it is a bit cool?
Ans. When the weather was cool, Mr Lamb would take a ladder and a stick and pull down the crab apples. He would make
jelly with the ripened oranges and golden apples to keep him occupied.
27. As told by Mr Lamb, why did a man lock himself up in his room and what happened to him?
Ans. The man locked himself up in his room because he was afraid that a bus might run him over or a man might breathe
deadly germs onto him, or a donkey might kick him to death, or lightning might strike him down or he might slip on a banana
skin and fall and people would laugh at him. But in spite of locking himself in the room, he died as a picture fell off the wall
on his head.
28. If you were to give a different ending to the story ‘On the face of It’ how would you end it?
Ans. I would have given a happy ending to the story. I would not like Mr Lamb to die at the end. Instead, Derry would be
received by Mr Lamb and they both would become good friends.
29. How does Deny interpret the fairy tale ‘Beauty and the Beast’? What does he feel about himself?
Ans. Deny says Beauty loved the Beast and so she kissed him and he changed into a handsome prince. But this would not
happen to him because no one was going to kiss him. Even his mother kissed him on the other side of the face.
30. Why did Mr Lamb help Derry?
Ans. Mr Lamb himself was handicapped. He knew the difficulties faced by people like him. But he was very optimistic and
wanted to motivate and inspire others. He wanted Deny to look at the things with a different perspective. It was his nature of
generosity, love and altruism that compelled bun to help Derry.
31. In what sense is the friendship between Mr Lamb and Derry fruitful?
Ans. The friendship between Derry and Mr Lamb proved very fruitful for Derry. Mr Lamb changed Derry’s attitude to life and
gave him the courage to face the challenges of bravely. His way of living a life in its utmost utility proved to be an inspiration
for Derry who finally came out from the inferiority complex and started living a normal life.
32. Why does Deny tell Mr Lamb that he is afraid of seeing himself in the mirror?
Ans. Half of the face of Deny was burnt as the acid spilt over his face. This resulted in an ugly scar on his face. He was
afraid of seeing his ugly face in the mirror as it reminded him of his ugliness and made him feel scared and depressed.
33. According to Derry, what did people think and say about him?
Ans. Derry’s half of the face was burnt and deformed. According to him, people either ignored him or had pitied him. Some
even made fun of him and called him ugly and the devil. They were scared of him and showed their sympathy for him.

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34. What did Derry’s mother think of Mr Lamb?
Ans. Derry’s mother did not have a good opinion about Mr Lamb. She said that she had heard many things about Mr Lamb.
She didn’t want to Deny to go to meet him. She believed Mr Lamb to be a dangerous person who lived alone in a big home.
35. What qualities of Mr Lamb attracted Deny to him?
Ans. Positive attitude towards life attracted Deny towards Mr Lamb. He always looked at life in a positive and realistic way.
He was always motivating and inspiring. His zeal to live life fully in all circumstances attracted Derry to him.
36. Why does Mr Lamb leave his gate open?
Ans. Mr Lamb was always on the lookout for the company of good friends. That’s why he kept his gate open. He wanted
people to come and meet him at any time. This is symbolic of his openness to accept the world.
37. Which peculiar things does Deny notice about Mr Lamb?
Ans. Mr Lamb appeared to be a particular person to Deny because he was not able to understand many of the things which
Mr Lamb said. Mr Lamb told Deny to keep his ears shut and ignore the people for what they say. His positive approach to
life in spite of his handicap was a peculiar thing for Derry.
38. “It ate my face up. It ate me up,” says Deny to Mr Lamb. What is this a reference to and how does the play bear out the
latter part of the statement?
Ans. Derry’s face is burnt with acid-scarred and disfigured. He is pitied by others. In fact, the acid ate up his face. It also
disfigured his personality. This led him to a sense of self-pity and withdrawal. He was not able to face the people and their
unkind and insensitive remarks.
39. ‘The world’s got a whole face, and the world’s there to be looked at.’ How does this statement reflect Mr Lamb’s state
of mind and how does this help in changing Derry’s outlook to life?
Ans. This statement reflects Mr Lamb’s positive and optimism to life. He believes that one must face life with positivity and
accept everything courageously. The world is a beautiful place and we must enjoy its beauty by meeting and interacting with
people. This positive attitude of Mr Lamb changed Derry’s state of mind and he was able to overcome his inferiority
complex and low self-esteem.
40. Despite all that the old man says, he is yet a lonely old man. How is this brought out in the course of the play? How
does Mr Lamb overcome this?
Ans. Mr Lamb is an old man with a tin leg. He is alone and lives in a big house with a big lawn. Though he is very optimistic
towards life and accepts everything very positively, his loneliness is evident from the fact that he has left his gate and
windows open so that people can come in whenever they want. He overcomes this loneliness by getting himself involved in
making toffees, jelly, etc. with the nab apples that grow in his garden. He loves to talk and spend time with the children who
come to his lawn.
41. ‘Because if I don’t go back there, I’ll never go back anywhere in the world’ says Derry to his mother. How do these
words reflect Derry’s state of mind? How does he come to feel this way?
Ans. These words show that Derry’s state of mind has been changed. Motivated and inspired by Mr Lamb has become
confident and bold to accept and face the world in spite of his infirmity. He was no more pessimist and has started taking
life as a challenge.
ESSAY TYPE QUESTIONS of On the Face of It (6 Marks Each)
Q1. Compare and contrast the characters of Mr Lamb and Derry.
Ans.Both Mr Lamb and Derry suffer from a physical impairment. Mr Lamb has an artificial leg made of tin and Derry has a
severely burnt face — both the experiences have been terribly painful for the respective sufferers.
Apart from this Mr Lamb does not bother about his lameness or that children make fun of him. He takes life as it comes
without grumbling. He keeps the gates of his house and windows open. Mr Lamb loves all the creatures of God and states,
‘There’s nothing God made that doesn’t interest me’. Weeds and flowers demonstrate life and growth. If one isolates
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Derry, on the other hand, is a young boy of fourteen who is conscious of his ugly face and is full of bitterness. Deny is
withdrawn and complexed. He hates meeting people. He suffers on account of the pain caused by his notions of how much
people hate him and are repulsed by him. Deny is forced by MrLamb to see that actions are more important than looks and
even weeds have their value. Mr Lamb’s positive attitude changes Derry and inspires him to rush back and face the world.
Q2. What is the theme of the play ‘On the Face of it’? How has it been worked out?
Ans. ‘On the Face of it’ deals with the theme that appearances are deceptive. Derry’s mother has been warned about Mr
Lamb and Deny is seen as a repulsive, ugly boy. Mr Lamb, on the contrary, is a kind and generous man who has a positive
and practical outlook. Derry is a vulnerable boy who desires love and acceptance.
The play also deals with the consequences of physical impairment on a person’s emotions. People need love and not pity.
This theme has been brought out through the positive attitude of Mr Lamb who draws Deny out of his shell. He tells Derry
that acid only burns the face but isolation and withdrawing from the world consumes the whole being. Mr Lamb illustrates
that scars do not change a person. On the face of it, people may appear differently abled but they are all the same. They are
God’s creations like the weeds and the flowers. It is life. The theme has been woven into the play through the interaction of
the two characters.
3. What benefits did Derry reap from his association with Mr Lamb?
Ans. Derry was a fourteen year’s old boy whose one side of the face was burnt because a bottle of acid fell on him. As a
result, he became conscious of his ugly face. He found that people either ridiculed him pity on him. He developed a negative
attitude towards life. He became frustrated. But when he met Mr Lamb, he got inspiration from him to live life as it comes.
Derry was encouraged by Mr Lamb to Look at the world around him and to find many interesting things around him. He
found truth, sense and inspiration in Mr Lamb’s words. He learnt to handle the handicap and loneliness from Mr Lamb. In
fact, it was Mr Lamb who brought Derry back to life. Deny learnt the way to live life fully by dealing with his infirmity in an
appropriate manner.
4. What was Derry’s infirmity? How had it made him withdrawn and defiant?
Ans. Deny was a fourteen-year-old boy. Half of his face was burnt as acid fell on it. This made him look so ugly that
everyone either showed pity or ridiculed him. This kind of attitude of people made him bitter. He detested the world and
suffered from a lack of self-respect and rejection.
Derry’s infirmity made him so much frustrated that he evaded people. He came to Mr Lamb’s garden because he thought it
to be empty. When he saw Mr Lamb, he wanted to go away. He was extremely sensitive and even had a grudge against his
mother for kissing him only on the other side of his burnt face.
Thus, due to his infirmity of the burnt face, Deny became defiant and withdrawn. He was frustrated by the rejection of the
people and became so much withdrawn that he didn’t want to meet and talk to anyone.
5. Justify the title ‘On the Face of It’.
Ans. The title of the story ‘On the Face of It’ seems to be very appropriate. The idiom ‘On the Face of It’ means from
appearance alone or apparently. In the play, Deny is frustrated and has lost self-esteem due to the others’ attitude towards
him. Everyone thought that his burnt face was terrible and he was handicapped. Similar was the case of Mr Lamb. He lost
his one leg in a bomb explosion. Apparently – both Mr Lamb and Derry had the deformity. But Mr Lamb enabled Deny to
have faith in himself and look at the bright side of things and to learn to live with it. Their physical handicap was an apparent
thing for them as well as for the world. But the most significant thing is the strength of one’s soul. Mr Lamb was a mentally
strong person who handled his own handicap and loneliness very nicely. He became instrumental in making Deny change
his views about himself and his deformity and started taking things positively. The chapter deals with the acceptance of the
fact that it is not always the same as it appears, i.e., physical handicap has nothing to do with the mental strength and
positive attitude towards life.
6. How do Mr Lamb and Derry differ in their thoughts, traits and attitude to life?
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Both Deny and Mr Lamb suffer from handicaps, yet their outlook towards life is totally different.
Discuss.
Ans. Mr Lamb and Derry both are handicapped. Mr Lamb has lost his one leg in a bomb explosion and Deny has a deformed
face due to acid attack. They both differ in their thoughts, traits and attitude to life. Deny is not able to cope with his
disfigured face and people’s uncharitable remarks. As a result, he keeps himself withdrawn and alienated from the world
and has a very negative attitude towards life. Deny keeps to himself and is extremely sensitive. He can’t stand people
staring at him. On the other hand, Mr Lamb is not much affected by his handicap. He enjoys reading books, tending plants
and flowers. He has a positive attitude towards life and everything has it comes. He is open-minded and welcomes people.
He is not affected when children call him ‘Lamey Lamb’.
Thus, both Derry and Mr Lamb are in contrast to each other and finally, Mr Lamb was able to inspire Derry and get his
attitude towards life changed.
7. What kind of atmosphere is created by Mr Lamb to look welcoming and invite people to him?
Ans. Mr Lamb has a very positive attitude towards life. He kept the door of his home open to welcome people into his
house. He always spoke in a positive manner. Many children used to come to his garden to steal apples. He never used to
rebuke them but wanted to talk and spend time with them as he always used to overcast the mischiefs of others that is why
he never got annoyed or disturbed on the comments of children who called him ‘Lamey Lamb’. He accepted life as it came
to him. He never put curtains on his windows and used to make toffees and jelly for others. As a lovely man, Mr Lamb
always wanted to have a company. He never disclosed his loneliness to anybody and always spoke encouraging words. It
was due to the welcoming attitude of Mr Lamb that Deny promised to return to his garden.
8. How does Mr Lamb’s brief association with Derry affect the latter?
Or
How did Mr Lamb’s meeting with Derry become a turning point in his life?
Ans. Deny was a fourteen years old boy whose face was burnt due to acid that fell at one side of his face. He was dejected.
People pitied him. He felt pain due to the horror, disgust and pity displayed for him by the people. As a result, he had
become alienated. He had withdrawn himself from the people and had developed a pessimistic attitude towards life.
When he met Mr Lamb and spent some time in his company, his entire perspective is changed. Mr Lamb was a person full
of life. He told Deny not to be bothered about what people about him and embrace life fully. He advised him to keep his ears
shut to what was unpleasant to hear but he should not shut himself in. He inspired Derry by keeping himself busy in spite of
his tin leg and being open and cheerful.
Mr Lamb’s advice proved to be a great motivator for Deny and he came out from his shell of alienation. Thus it proves to be
a turning point in his life.
9. What is the bond that united the two—the old man, Mr Lamb and Deny, the small boy?
Ans. Deny was a small boy who had a burnt face due to acid. He is very withdrawn and defiant. He runs away from the world
as he hates others staring at him. He thinks people are afraid of his infirmity. Similarly, Mr Lamb to is a handicapped person.
He had lost his one leg in a bomb explosion during war years ago. He lives alone in this world.
The two of them have infirmity and are rejected by the people. Both have a vacuum in their hearts for not having company.
Mr Lamb is a man full of positive energy. When Derry met him to found him drawn towards him. Mr Lamb secured to be the
only one who gave him a new line of thought about his physical infirmity.
Thus they both shared a bond that unites the two of them.
Value Based Questions and Answers of (On the Face of it)
1. Both Derry and Lamb are physically impaired and lonely. It is the responsibility of society to understand and support
people with infirmities. So that they do not suffer from a sense of alienation. As a responsible citizen, write in 100-150
words what you would do to bring about a change in the lives of such people.

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Ans. Both Deny and Lamb are physically impaired and lonely. It is only due to the insensitive attitude of the society that they
feel so alienated and lonely. Derry, a boy of fourteen years, always either gets pity or uncharitable remarks from others and
Mr Lamb also seeks to get some company. In fact, we as educated members of society, need to come forward to make
these people realise that they are also needed and significant for us. We have to change our attitude towards such people
and realise that just one deformity cannot diminish the other virtues of a person. Actually, these people are very sensitive
and feel dejected. We have to give them love and comfort and show our faith in them by providing them with equal
opportunities and responsibilities.
2. ‘Inclusive education’ is a step to bring the people with deformities into the mainstream so as to build up their
confidence and morale. Write a paragraph on ‘The Importance of Inclusive Education’.
Ans. The Importance of Inclusive Education Inclusive education is a step to bring the people with deformity into the
mainstream. It is a step to imbibe confidence in those who have deformities. In fact, one handicap cannot curtail the other
qualities of a person. It is the time when the people around the world should understand the fact that people with
deformities are not aliens. They are one among us and we need to accept them.
Inclusive education enhances the self-esteem of such people and provides an environment where they can grow into a
complete human being and feel confident and independent. This is possible only when these people are accepted and not
pitied. Inclusive education is an effective way to materialise this idea.

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