NCERT Solutions for Class 12 English Vistas Chapter 6- On the face of It

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Text Book Questions :-

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Who is Mr. Lamb? How does Derry get into his garden?
Ans. Mr. Lamb was an old man who lived in a big house with a beautiful garden in it. He had lost one of his legs, due to a bomb explosion, which was replaced with an artificial tinleg. He liked talking to people and making friends. He kept the gates of his garden always open for people. Derry was a fourteen-year-old boy who was down with inferiority complex due to his mutilated face due to which he liked to stay alone. He thought the garden to be empty, so he jumped over the wall to hide away from the rest of the world.
Do you think all this will change Derry’s attitude towards Mr. Lamb??
Ans. Derry’s burnt face was the only reason of his embarrassment. Although people sympathised with him, he never appreciated their sympathy which resulted in his pessimistic approach towards life. On the contrary, Mr. Lamb showed his affection towards him. He welcomed him in his garden and helped the boy to love and live life happily without any inferiority complex. Derry had initially thought the old man to be like others, but he gradually started respecting and liking him for the moral strength he got from him.

Reading with Insight :

What is it that draws Derry towards Mr. Lamb in spite of himself?
Ans. Derry was a young boy whose face was mutilated by acid which shattered his self confidence and therefore, he could not face the world normally. He preferred to stay in solitude resulting in isolation from the society. He met Mr. Lamb, an old man, by chance who did not show any dislike or horror at his look which surprised him. Although he wanted to leave the garden but the old man’s interesting and ‘peculiar’ conversation stopped him from leaving. He also noticed that Mr. Lamb who was crippled of one leg, never gave up and was living a happy life despite being mocked by the people. Mr. Lamb spoke words of encouragement and hope, made him aware of his physical strength and explained the importance of emotional well-being which gave him moral strength. Thus, he felt himself drawn to Mr. Lamb.
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 feeling ?
Ans. Although the loneliness of Derry dominates the play, there are evident traces of Mr. Lamb’s loneliness throughout the first scene of the play. The old man says that having heard the bees for a ‘long time’ he knows that they ‘sing’, not buzz. It not only depicts how his perception was different from others but also illustrates that he was lonely and that he did not have any one to be with. Another evidence of his loneliness is the fact.that the whole day he sat in the sun and read books. This proves that books were his only true friends. He says that his ‘empty house’ is full of books, underlining the way in which the void of his empty life was filled in by books. By the end of this scene, it becomes even clearer that he is lonely and sad when he mutters to himself that no one comes back to him after the first meeting. Likewise, he did not expect Derry to return. He was so sure that Derry would never return so, he climbed the ladder to collect all the apples himself, although Derry had offered to help him after informing his mother. Ironically, the old man would have died unnoticed if Derry had not returned to fill the emptiness of his own life.
The actual pain or inconvenience caused by a physical impairment is often much less than the sense of alienation felt by the person with disabilities. What is the kind of behaviour that the person expects from others?
Ans. A person with any physical impairment can live life with respect and honour, if he is not ridiculed and ignored by the society. He expects empathy rather than sympathy. If everyone looks down at him with a pessimistic approach, he may never be able to come out of his sorrow, and consequently, retire to his own secluded world. Being under tremendous mental and emotional pressure, he expects others to be more understanding rather than reminding him of his disability. In the play, Derry and Mr. Lamb, are caught in a similar situation. Mr. Lamb, as an adult, is able to cope with such problems, but Derry, being a child, is not able to untangle this web alone. He develops a strong liking for this old man because he gets moral and emotional strength from him.
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?
Ans. The brief association of Derry with Mr. Lamb boosted his self-confidence and helped him respect his own self. He undergoes a remarkable change and starts to think optimistically. He defends the old man for encouraging him. He tells his mother that his looks are not important and he has learned to accept himself. He craves to become self sufficient. It is not likely that the death of Mr. Lamb would take him back to his secluded life. This big change is definitely here to stay and would not be undone due to setbacks. The entire conversation between the two is the passing of wisdom from one generation to the other.