How is Mr. Lamb successful in infusing Derry with a zest for living? Explain in 150 words
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Answer:
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Explanation:
The interaction between Derry and Mr Lamb had been short but the impact on
Derry was very powerful. Mr Lamb tried to show Derry that life is much more than his
obsession with his disability. It is good to know one’s limitations but limiting oneself
because of the limitations is wrong. To prove his point, Mr Lamb gave example of other
people’s lives and also his own. He wanted to show that disability is not in the body but
in the mind and the moment it engulfs the mind, one loses out on oneself.
Mr Lamb does not ask Derry the reason behind his disfigured face, something which
everyone else had done. Mr Lamb’s apparent disregard for his own disability also
amazes him. For someone who was fixated with his own disability and who had in fact
started pitying himself, it was a shock. Mr Lamb, without overtly advising him, through
his actions and behaviour, his benevolent nature and through his optimistic attitude
towards life, made Derry realise that there is more to life than being forever concerned
with oneself. The old man instilled a new hope in Derry to live life on his own terms.
Mr. Lamb changed Derry into a matured and confident person.
- The question has been asked from the story On the Face of It by Susan Hill.
- In Derry, Mr. Lamb instilled faith in seeing life in a positive way, embracing oneself without fearing others by telling him that forms vary in nature, but the consistency is the same.
- He inculcated in him that what is within oneself is more important than the outward appearance of one.
- He also instructed Derry not to indulge in self-pity, but to enjoy life and embrace its truths. Gradually Derry was able to shed his old self and develop into a better and mature person.