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    1. The story depicts the lives of two physically impaired individuals - Derry, a 14-year-old boy with half his face burned by acid, and Mr. Lamb, an old man with a tin leg who lost his real leg in war. 2. Derry feels bitter and alienated from society because of his disfigurement, while Mr. Lamb maintains a cheerful outlook despite his impairment. 3. When Derry stumbles upon Mr. Lamb's garden one day, Mr. Lamb warmly welcomes him and helps change Derry's negative view of himself and the world through their discussions.

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    1. The story depicts the lives of two physically impaired individuals - Derry, a 14-year-old boy with half his face burned by acid, and Mr. Lamb, an old man with a tin leg who lost his real leg in war. 2. Derry feels bitter and alienated from society because of his disfigurement, while Mr. Lamb maintains a cheerful outlook despite his impairment. 3. When Derry stumbles upon Mr. Lamb's garden one day, Mr. Lamb warmly welcomes him and helps change Derry's negative view of himself and the world through their discussions.

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    1. The story depicts the lives of two physically impaired individuals - Derry, a 14-year-old boy with half his face burned by acid, and Mr. Lamb, an old man with a tin leg who lost his real leg in war. 2. Derry feels bitter and alienated from society because of his disfigurement, while Mr. Lamb maintains a cheerful outlook despite his impairment. 3. When Derry stumbles upon Mr. Lamb's garden one day, Mr. Lamb warmly welcomes him and helps change Derry's negative view of himself and the world through their discussions.

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    1. The story depicts the lives of two physically impaired individuals - Derry, a 14-year-old boy with half his face burned by acid, and Mr. Lamb, an old man with a tin leg who lost his real leg in war. 2. Derry feels bitter and alienated from society because of his disfigurement, while Mr. Lamb maintains a cheerful outlook despite his impairment. 3. When Derry stumbles upon Mr. Lamb's garden one day, Mr. Lamb warmly welcomes him and helps change Derry's negative view of himself and the world through their discussions.

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    SUMMARY OF THE STORY


    The play entitled “On the Face of It” written by Susan Hill depicts beautifully yet grimly the sad world of the physically impaired. It is
    a socio-psychological story of two invalids who live with two different views. Derry is a young boy who lived a miserable life since a
    bottle of acid deformed his face and Mr. Lamb, a lame old man who lived a cheerful life even after he had lost one of his legs in a blast.
    It is a fine day and Mr. Lamb is in his garden. He is an old man with a tin leg. He leads a lonely life and is always ready to accept any
    visitor who comes in his garden. One day, Derry, a young boy of fourteen sneaks into Mr. Lamb’s garden. He slowly enters Mr. Lamb’s
    garden without having any knowledge of his presence. Mr. Lamb figures out that someone is in his garden and cautions Derry about
    the apples lying on the ground for he could trip on them. Startled by this, Derry confesses that he entered the garden only because he
    thought that nobody lived there. Mr. Lamb welcomes him to his garden and assures him that the door is always open for people who
    want to come in.
    Derek has low self-esteem and thinks people are afraid of him for because of his burnt face. He has bitterness for the world. People stay
    away and refuse to accept him in the mainstream of life. So he feels alienated from the society and wants to live in seclusion. When
    Derry asked him if he was interested in knowing more about him, he answered that there is nothing God made that doesn’t interest
    him. He even loves the weed garden that others condemn as rubbish. He finds no difference between Derry and him. Just as Derry had
    a burned face, Mr. Lamb had a tin leg in place of the real one that got blown off in the war. Kids call him names but it doesn’t bother
    him. Derry feels that he could cover his tin leg with his trousers and no one could notice them. On the other hand, Mr. Lamb tells him
    that people get tired of seeing it. There are a lot of other things in the world to stare at. Mr. Lamb’s concept of beauty is relative and
    it reminds Derry of the story of the Beauty and the Beast. The Beauty loved the dreadful Beast for what he was inside and when she
    kissed him he transformed into a handsome prince. But Derry feels that no matter what, nobody would ever kiss him and he will always
    remain the same. Only his mother kissed him that too on the other side of the face. He felt that she does so just because she has to. He
    did not care if anybody ever kissed him. He knew that he is always going to have half a face. Mr. Lamb assures him that the world had
    a whole face to be looked at. Derry asks him if he feels that the old garden is the whole world. Mr. Lamb replies that the world has
    been the same for him anywhere else.
    He advises Derek to think of the beautiful objects of the world, and avoid people’s comments and love all mankind because hatred
    corrodes us and hurts more than acids. He considers Derek to be his friend.
    Mr. Lamb tells a story to inspire Derek. Once there was a timid man who refused to come out in fear of fatal accident. In his room a
    picture fell of the wall on his head and he died. This changes Derek’s attitude and he takes interest in Mr. Lamb’s talking and likes to
    listen more to Mr. Lamb and wants to help Mr. Lamb in his work.
    Derek wants to go home and inform his mother that he would be late. He promises to come back. His mother stops him but he is
    adamant saying if he does not go there he would never be able to go anywhere. When he comes back he sees lamb lying on the ground.
    It is ironical that 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.

    4. ON THE FACE OF IT
    by Susan Hill

    CHARACTER SKETCH: Mr. Lamb CHARACTER SKETCH: Derry


    Mr. Lamb is an old man. Probably he had served in the army where one of Derry is a 14 year old young lad whose face is half
    his legs was blown off in the war. Now he has a tin leg. He stays in a big burnt because of acid spill on it. His ugly looks
    house and a decent garden full of flowers, weeds and crab apples. He spends have made him a pessimist and a loner with various
    most of his time in reading books or sitting in the garden. He is gentle and negative complexes. Derry is a introvert kid, always
    kind. He keeps the gate of his garden open. Everyone is welcome in his frustrated, angry, and withdrawn. Moreover, he is low
    garden. When Derry strays into his garden, he warmly welcomes him. in confidence and dwells in self-pity. He hates when
    Mr. Lamb had adjusted himself with his physical impairment, and had people stare or pity him.
    rather got over it with the passage of time. He has learnt how to keep
    himself steady on the ladder while plucking apples from the branches.
    Children call him ‘Lamey-Lamb’ when he goes down the street but he
    is undisturbed and take it as fun and thus, they are not afraid of him.
    They come into garden for apples and pears. On his part, Mr. Derek
    enjoys their company.

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