ONE out of the
(A) Mr. Lamb calls Derek his friend while Derek refuses his affirmation. Would you
consider their relationship with each other as friendship? Support your answer with refer-
ence to the instance(s) from the text.
OR
Answers
Derry met Mr Lamb in his garden but didn't want to reveal his face as he had got his half face burnt by an acid. He was just a kid but still he used to hide himself from everyone because he thought that people would laugh at him.
However Mr Lamb filled him with confidence when he said that inner beauty of a person is important . Every creation of God is adorable and he needed not to take his face as a burden. Mr Lamb did what a good friend must do . He taught Derry how to live life in the way he wanted without paying much heed to what people said .
Initially Derry refused his affirmation but he got influenced by Mr lamb later on. Infact he wanted to come back to him . His mother didn't permit him to meet Mr Lamb but still he escaped out of his home to meet him but unfortunately all he could meet was his dead body. He grieved on his body here the story ended.
This means that at the end Derry also wanted to be Mr Lamb's friend as he imparted him new vision to discern the world.