GRADE 12 ENGLISH CORE
(CBSE)
ON THE FACE OF IT
SHORT ANSWERS AND A LONG ANSWER
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1. Who was Derry? What did he suffer from?
Ans: Derry was a handicapped boy of fourteen. One side of his face was
burnt by accidently spilled acid. He
thought that everyone hated him. He was filled with harsh and bitter experience
that he had faced from the public. He was highly depressed.
2. Why
does Mr. Lamb leave his gate always open?
Ans: Mr. Lamb keeps his gate always open because he likes
all the people. He doesn't fear anyone including strangers. He is an embodiment
of love and peace. He is ready to welcome anyone who enters his garden.
3. What qualities of Mr.
Lamb attracted Derry to him?
Ans: Mr. Lamb gave Derry enough
confidence and self respect. He encouraged him to develop a positive attitude.
Derry's meeting with Lamb became a turning point in his life. Derry cultivated
enough confidence. Mr. Lamb motivated him with words of encouragement. Those
qualities of Mr. Lamb attracted Derry
4. How does Mr. Lamb
keep himself busy when it is a bit cool?
Ans:
Mr. Lamb is very industrious though he has only one leg.
During cold days he will pluck crab apples with the help of ladder and a stick.
Then he makes jelly from them and will give it to the young kids who visit him.
That is why he is busy when it is a bit cool.
5. What consolation did people give when they
saw his acid burnt face?
Ans: Derry’s face was burnt by acid on one side. When
people saw Derry’s acid burnt face they felt disgusted. They did not want to
look at his face again. They lied by telling fairy tales and showed pretended
sympathy telling that it would be alright one day. But they looked at him like
a monstrous beast.
6. What story did Mr.
Lamb say about a timid man?
Ans:
Mr. Lamb told Derry the story of a timid man who hid himself in his room and
refused to come out. The timid man thought that he would die if he was out of
his room and it was not safe to go out. So he closed his door and sat in his
room. But ironically, he died in his room itself because a picture hanging on
the wall fell off his head.
7. What
peculiar things does Derry notice about the old man, Mr. Lamb?
Ans: Derry thinks that Mr. Lamb is a peculiar man and says
peculiar things. Mr. Lamb refuses to admit his loneliness. Also he asks Derry
questions he does not understand. He says that there are no curtains at the windows in his house. His gate is
always open. Derry doesn't understand all these. Mr. Lamb adds that he likes
light and darkness as well as he hears the wind through the open window.
8. If you were to give a different ending to
the story, ‘On The Face of It’ how would you end it?
Ans: I would like to end the story with a happy reunion between
Mr. Lamb and Derry. They should live with each other forgetting their
deformities in an air of positive vibes.
9. In what sense is the
friendship between Mr. Lamb and Derry fruitful?
Ans: Mr. Lamb motivates Derry and injects enough confidence
to face the hard realities of life. Derry believes his words and acts
accordingly. It makes him a drastic change and he gets courage to face any one.
10. What does Mr. lamb try to tell Derry through the example
of a weed and a flower?
Ans: Through the example of a weed and a flower Mr. Lamb explains that outer
appearance is not important, but the inner. The people like flower because of
its outer appearance. They dislike weeds because they are not beautiful to look
at. With this example Mr. Lamb encourages Derry not to worry about the
deformity of his face.
LONG ANSWER
1. Mr. Lamb’s meeting with Derry become a
turning point in Derry’s life. Explain
Ans: Derry is a victim an unfortunate accident, hence half part of his face burns
by acid. He can't suffer it. He hates himself as well as all the public who
show disgust.
Here, Mr. Lamb too has a deformity. He
has only one leg, the other is an artificial tin leg. But he does not feel
dejected and never allows his handicap to interfere in his pleasure of life.
Mr. Lamb’s meeting with Derry brings a
turning point in his life. He gives Derry confidence and lessons on self
respect and a positive attitude towards
life. His message to Derry is very clear that withdrawal from life is not a solution.
Equally, keeping away from the Public is also not good.
Derry believes in running away from the people
but Mr. Lamb it and lives among the people. Derry’s brief association with Mr.
Lamb helps him a lot. His burnt face will no longer interfere with his
self-respect and confidence. He will gradually learn on how to live peacefully.
Mr. Lamb helps Derry to discover himself and gives a new hope and light to his
life. Now Derry has no deformity and he is not worrying about it.
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